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All back together
Prop shaft refitted and all lovely now. Much much smoother than before (as would of course be expected). Wasn't too bad a job to do for those wondering, just a fiddle without having a press, but posible none the less.
Next up.... erm... Some bumpers from Yoshie and some work on sealing the underside properly before winter i think...======
Just gotta finish doing the next mod...
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I wouldn't say it is an average home garage, but the tools required aren't too specialist. The issue is more how stubborn the bearing caps are to remove.
Tools used:
- Penetrating oil - plusgas industrial but 3m would do just fine
- 14mm ring spanners
- large vice - not essential but extremely helpful
- large hammer
- small hammer
- (or a press to replace the large hammer and vice)
- large socket or strong tube that you don't mind potentially denting with the hammer...
- 2 block of wood taller than the diameter of the prop
- sash clamps or friction clamps to hold the wood in place while hammering
- workbench or solid surface lower to the ground than waist height (makes it easier to swing the hammer...)
- 2 sockets just smaller than the diameter of the bearing caps
You may find that if you end up using the vice mthod (to put the new bearings ins) that it jams at points on the way as you use the 2 sockets either side of the mearing caps to squeeze the caps in. As long as the caps aren't distoring or visibly bending it is usual for them to jam a little but they will straighten up. You would have to use common sense here as to how much force to use before they "jump" back straight again.Last edited by andy_enuff; 22 July 2012, 08:54.======
Just gotta finish doing the next mod...
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