17-06-2017, 09:58 PM
So, finally found some time to work on the old beam again and here's the state of play so far.
As predicted, the BFH got the right hand torsion bar moving at the end farthest from the swing arm. Got quite a bit of heat on the end nearest the swing arm and cranked up the puller on it. It freed itself, but without the spectacular 'crack' I was expecting.
Thought the LH torsion bar would need the same treatment but using the puller it wound out with hardly any effort. The splines were really well greased which made me think it had been out before. The bearings on the left look pretty good too (original Nadella ones) but the shaft has notches on it where the outer bearings sat. It's only on about a quarter of the circumference of the shaft though and the rest seems perfect. Makes me wonder whether it can be pressed out, rotated 180 degrees and reused for a little while longer?
I don't have high hopes for the state of everything on the RHS as the shaft is currently jammed solid inside the tube. I assume some of the bearings have come adrift and have wedged themselves in there. I guess I just have to hammer the living daylights out of the swing arm until it works itself free?
Cheers
As predicted, the BFH got the right hand torsion bar moving at the end farthest from the swing arm. Got quite a bit of heat on the end nearest the swing arm and cranked up the puller on it. It freed itself, but without the spectacular 'crack' I was expecting.
Thought the LH torsion bar would need the same treatment but using the puller it wound out with hardly any effort. The splines were really well greased which made me think it had been out before. The bearings on the left look pretty good too (original Nadella ones) but the shaft has notches on it where the outer bearings sat. It's only on about a quarter of the circumference of the shaft though and the rest seems perfect. Makes me wonder whether it can be pressed out, rotated 180 degrees and reused for a little while longer?
I don't have high hopes for the state of everything on the RHS as the shaft is currently jammed solid inside the tube. I assume some of the bearings have come adrift and have wedged themselves in there. I guess I just have to hammer the living daylights out of the swing arm until it works itself free?
Cheers