What did you do today?
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Re: What did you do today?
Why use a pressure washer? Seems like a great way to blast all the sand out between the joints.
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That works really well but ime you need a pretty beefy welder for it to do the job properly.DodgeRover wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:16 pm Can you run some mig around it to shrink it and get it out?
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I've done the weld thing when the outer tube of a land rover chassis bush was stuck in the chassis but couldn't see how it would work with this hub.
I had an old disc off the x trail in the scrap pile which fitted the Rav hub so used it as a puller along with some sockets as spacers. With a gap between the disc and the hub, instead of pulling the disc onto the hub, I'd try and pull the hub towards the disc.
I didn't have confidence that the soft as shite wheel nuts weren't going to strip so found some steel nuts and used bigger spacers.
Applied some heat to the knuckle and a few foot pounds and with a pop and a bang it moved about 2 mm.
Kept winding and just as I thought the job was going swimmingly, the fucking inner race came out leaving the remains still stuck in the knuckle. I'd almost resigned myself to having to replace the whole knuckle but as it had budged a couple of mm, some liberal use of the big hammer and chisel and a bit more heat finally got the bastard out. I haven't test driven it yet so what's the chances the rumble was from the other side and I've fucked the abs sensor?
I had an old disc off the x trail in the scrap pile which fitted the Rav hub so used it as a puller along with some sockets as spacers. With a gap between the disc and the hub, instead of pulling the disc onto the hub, I'd try and pull the hub towards the disc.
I didn't have confidence that the soft as shite wheel nuts weren't going to strip so found some steel nuts and used bigger spacers.
Applied some heat to the knuckle and a few foot pounds and with a pop and a bang it moved about 2 mm.
Kept winding and just as I thought the job was going swimmingly, the fucking inner race came out leaving the remains still stuck in the knuckle. I'd almost resigned myself to having to replace the whole knuckle but as it had budged a couple of mm, some liberal use of the big hammer and chisel and a bit more heat finally got the bastard out. I haven't test driven it yet so what's the chances the rumble was from the other side and I've fucked the abs sensor?
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Just over a year ago this arrived. Miss the old girl and do keep a look out occasionally to see where it's gone. Hopefully not around an oval.
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Could've just got the welder out at that point if it isn't buried.
Been there, done that (well the bearing bit) with an Austin Maxi.
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Re: What did you do today?
I'm not convinced!Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:59 pmCould've just got the welder out at that point if it isn't buried.
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First barbecue of the year, well not so much a barbecue more a gypsy stew over a log fire. Down a mate's place on the coast. Another old mucker rang me up saying "You're not in are you?" "Nope...."
"Shame" he says, "I've brought a scruffy old Daimler V8 round to give you a go in it"
Oh, well, maybe another time. Dammit.
"Shame" he says, "I've brought a scruffy old Daimler V8 round to give you a go in it"
Oh, well, maybe another time. Dammit.
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
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Re: What did you do today?
Sorry was looking at that outer race in that brown housing. I see now you have a new bit of housing there to replace it with.Drum wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:42 pmI'm not convinced!Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:59 pmCould've just got the welder out at that point if it isn't buried.
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Yep, it was getting the housing out of the knuckle that was the problemEddie Honda wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:21 pmSorry was looking at that outer race in that brown housing. I see now you have a new bit of housing there to replace it with.Drum wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:42 pmI'm not convinced!Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:59 pm
Could've just got the welder out at that point if it isn't buried.
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Re: What did you do today?
Is it a Majestic Major? Always wanted a go in one of those.mercrocker wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:58 pm "I've brought a scruffy old Daimler V8 round to give you a go in it"
Oh, well, maybe another time. Dammit.