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« Reply #11505 on: March 15, 2020, 08:53:30 PM » |
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So things came to a bit of a halt at that end of the axle. The other end went together fine, with no wobbliness at all, so I finished the afternoon by fitting the drum, (need to buy some new retaining countersunk bolts for it tomorrow). We nearly dropped the axle off the stands the other day & I found a chunk of paint missing on the propshaft flange today, but I'll wait till the thing's bolted back in the chassis before repairing it -there's bound to be more damage/cursing by then.
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« Reply #11506 on: March 15, 2020, 08:55:55 PM » |
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Also need to buy new wheel nuts cos these are quite rusty & tatty. They've got a name haven't they? Bulge nuts?
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« Reply #11507 on: March 15, 2020, 09:06:31 PM » |
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That’s good then. Annoying on the paint, was pretty sure I managed to catch it with my foot
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« Reply #11508 on: March 15, 2020, 09:33:14 PM » |
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It's the easiest bit to repair, so no problem. Hoping I can get the hub sorted out before everybody gets confined to home -at least I could move on a bit then.
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« Reply #11509 on: March 16, 2020, 08:19:22 PM » |
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Took the hub & bearing to the bearing supplier in Farnborough after work this afternoon. They said it looked like the old bearing had spun in the hub & worn it away. It's also slightly out of round. Not much they could do, but they suggested going to an engineering company in the next street. The engineer seemed completely unfazed by it, (I expected him to shake his head & do that sharp intake of breath thing), & said they could machine it out slightly & fit a sleeve. So hopefully it's fixable.
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« Reply #11510 on: March 17, 2020, 09:16:31 AM » |
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ah that makes sense then. Did you need to get a new bearing or was that one still ok?
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« Reply #11511 on: March 17, 2020, 03:41:16 PM » |
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No, the bearing's fine.
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« Reply #11512 on: March 19, 2020, 06:40:15 PM » |
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New left hand thread locknut's arrived from Rimmer Brothers. I would've replaced them both, but I'm not stripping the other side down again now. Nothing more to report at the moment -we've got loads of staff off work, (self isolating because members of their households have shown virus symptoms), so I'm doing 2 deliveries a day & definitely don't feel like garaging when I finally get home.
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« Reply #11513 on: March 19, 2020, 08:13:02 PM » |
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That’s cool. How long until your inserts done?
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« Reply #11514 on: March 20, 2020, 04:32:22 PM » |
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Wrong nut checked it this afternoon -too small. So just as well I didn't bin the original. I rang the engineer earlier, (Minden Engineering in Aldershot), just to see if there would be any problem with it or if they were shutting because of the virus. They said it should be done next week.
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« Reply #11515 on: March 21, 2020, 08:55:52 AM » |
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Also need to buy new wheel nuts cos these are quite rusty & tatty. They've got a name haven't they? Bulge nuts?
Radius seat closed end bulge nuts. Pay the extra for stainless ones as plated will always go rusty.
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« Reply #11516 on: March 21, 2020, 02:14:48 PM » |
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I think they're made by a company called Grayston, but I can't find stainless ones. M12 x 1.25 by about 30mm long. I found a set of 16 for 11 quid, which will do to get the Pop rolling again, but yes, stainless would be better.
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« Reply #11517 on: March 23, 2020, 10:18:05 PM » |
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It's been my weekend off, (Sat/Sun/Mon), but I've been feeling lousy -don't think it's the virus, but I've had a persistent phlegmy cough for about a week -so much so that I've now lost my voice, but no other symptoms. So I haven't felt much like doing anything, but ventured out to the garage this afternoon. I decided that as the righthand side of the axle's done, it could be shoved back under the chassis, (the right side of the Pop is closer to the garage wall so I couldn't have fitted the driveshaft with the axle in place). I can work on the lefthand hub & drive shaft with the axle fitted. The axle weighs an absolute ton though -I couldn't pick it up & carry it on my own, but had all afternoon, so ended up dragging it on it's axle stands a few inches, resting, dragging it a few more, until I'd managed to manouvre it under the chassis. What a pig of a job!
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« Reply #11518 on: March 23, 2020, 10:26:19 PM » |
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Before moving it, I had to rearrange the large axle stands holding the back of the chassis. That meant jacking the Pop up under the rear of the cab & moving the stands further back, out of the way of the axle. I now need to fill, sand & paint the underside of the crossmember where the stands have been. I've managed to bolt the shocks to the axle, as well as the top pair of locating rods -lifting the axle, getting the rose joints & their collects in place & fitting the bolts was very nearly impossible on my own, but after several hours of very creative swearing, they're done
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« Reply #11519 on: March 23, 2020, 10:31:29 PM » |
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Yes, there are several chunks taken out of the paint, mostly on the bottom shock mounts & the propshaft flange, but I need to sort out the chassis crossmember anyway, so not the end of the World. I also hooked up the handbrake cable to the lever, just because it was a simple job -but scraped the paint on the chassis under the cab in the process.
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