ABS Ring Replacement

[Toms306]

Hello,

Just wondering if I'd be able to change an ABS ring at home?

Not sure how hot it needs to be to expand? Would a heat gun get hot enough?

Or would it have to be a garage job with a blowtorch?

Cheers
Tom

[Connor]

Try a heat gun, failing that, get yourself a handheld blowtorch

[Toms306]

Would rather not have to buy one as the ring only costs £2 lol. Will try the heatgun though, see how it goes.

[Seb_Ryan]

Cut old one off, put new one in oven for 10 mins on hot hot, wear oven glove, smash it on.

Simple as that lol

[Toms306]

What sort of temp would you put the oven at?

Old one is split btw, so should come off without cutting hopefully!

[John1.4]

put it on max, shelf at the very top, that should do it

[Tom85]

I replaced my front offside ABS ring last year - just tapped it on carefully with a hammer, no heat involved. Still fine 10k later! Was £2 delivered from eBay I think.

[Toms306]

£1.40 posted for the one I think I need...

Should be tighter than just tapping on surely lol? But nice and easy if that is the case!

[C2K]

Did my brothers too without heat, easy.

[Tom85]

It's definitely not going to come off was a nice tight fit once tapped on, it's fairly soft metal so probably just stretches slightly

[Toms306]

A bit too soft clearly if they're that prone to splitting!

Have ordered one now anyway, will see how it goes.

[Toms306]

Well typically I ordered the wrong size lol. Got the right size yesterday and fitted fairly easily. Didn't use any heat, did use a lump hammer though lol. However it was over 20c in the sun, so might be a different story in the depths of winter.