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Changing Springs
Miniman:
You must be getting soft in ya old age.....he he... why not buy a 90....
I have my original rear leafs and they are brill on my 88" the fronts used to be very hard but now with the new engine that is some what heavyer they have woken up again.....he he
PERKINS 3330cc
Tikirocker:
I always apply Grinders law when confronted with anything on a Landy that won't budge ... Grinders Law dictates ...
1 - If it doesn't move - grind it off.
2 - If it has seized - see part one.
I'm doing a restoration of my 64 2A 88 right now and Grinders Law is a virtue! I've not only got siezed shackle pins, seized inside the bush, the bush then seized inside the spring hanger hole - add to this that the shackle pin is BENT! Do you think anything will move? The shackles have to go bye bye ...
Grinders Law will be applied with extreme predjudice. :twisted: :wink:
Miniman:
HEAT......works a treat....can you get hold of a porta pack.....
Tikirocker:
I've thought about heat but alas I have no access to that sort of equiptment. It's no biggy as I have a home made bushwhacker and a cunning plan. Basically just cut the old shackles off - I intend on fitting Military shackles anyway - cut the ends off the shackle pins and drill the rubber bushing that surrounds the shackle pin inside the inner bush sleeve .... as soon as it loosens drift it out. Then I'm just left with the outer sleeve of the bush - proceed the cut through that on two sides with a hack or hole saw and then just drift it out. Job done. :)
ian_s:
i had exactly that problem when i changed my springs,
the shackle pin was totally seized in the shackles and the bush
i ended up cutting the pin off with a grinder, drilling out all the rubber that i could, burning the rest out with a little blow torch, then cutting through the outer metal tube 6 times with a recipricating saw
it took me about 8 hours to do in total, with lots and lots of swearing, shouting, ranting, a few tears and a lot of blood.
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