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6th July 2020, 16:52 | #51 | |
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Rave is different Ian - they use special tools to release the lower arm from the swivel hub (tools 60-016 & 60-024) (pages 60-12 & 60-13). Anyway, back to the 2x2 method. If I understand correctly, the far end of it goes under the subframe and touches the ground (??) while you stand on the near/free end. The wood and lower arm are tied together at the ball joint. Edit: Stupid question above - no, it doesn't touch the ground. Last edited by Blink; 6th July 2020 at 18:35.. |
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Steve, in your post no. 22 you say "I usually never bother unstacking them either as I always use a new nut". Doing that are you not risking damaging the thread of the shaft?
Incidentally, I have a Kielder cordless impact wrench rated at 700Nm torque. You would have thought that this would loosen the nuts but it would not do so. I was surprised and disappointed at that given the considerable cost of the wrench and when I spoke to Kielder about that they made some excuse that " the nut has probably been wedged on". I must say I did not understand that as how could the nut be wedged on? Surely if the the nut has only been tightened up to about 350Nms a wrench rated at 700Nms should loosen it! What do members think. Martin |
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I agree - it's advertised as 700Nm torque (link) so I'd expect it to be capable of undoing a nut tightened to half of that. |
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There won't be any damage to the thread as the metal is much harder than the nut. |
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Hi Simon.
You should be able to knock it out with a piece of 2x2" wood and a lump/club hammer, you can also aid this by tapping in a metal wedge to open the joint a little. Remove the pinch bolt which you have done already. 1 2 Use a club hammer to hit the 2x2" wood which is just rested inside the joint on the arm. 3 4 Hopefully it should drop out for you.
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I intend to speak to Kielder again as I am not happy with the performance of this wrench and their excuse was I think rather pathetic. I think I need to speak to someone in charge. Martin |
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Tap a large flat screwdriver into slitted part of the hub joint, then stand on the end of the bar, and the joint will separate. The trick with separating parallel joints like this, is keeping the pin parallel both when you dismantle, and reassembling them, Ian may be confusing this with another members technique when he talks about timber. Doing it this way, also precludes any possible damage to the joint cover boot Brian |
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