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Swivel joints.....almost done..
lee celtic:
:lol: :lol: :lol::lol: very good....
I've ordered a kit from island 4x4 via ebay £19 for 2 bearings , a 12 and a 9mm seal ,grease , seal retainer and a gasket for the ball to axle joint and outer shaft..
I'll let you all know how it goes. 8-[
lee celtic:
All The bits arrived from Island 4x4 great service as usual everything I need :dance: apart from the locking washer for the hub nut :roll: knew I'd forgotten something...
So I'll get one tomorrow then do it Saturday hopfully with piccs if I can borrow the lads camera :D
lee celtic:
Well I spent the morning taking it all apart . Longest job was getting the ball joints apart on the steering arms :roll: I've got a splitter but it just kept sliding off ...
then I spent a couple of hours cleaning everything off ready to put it all back together , old swivel grease is minging :->
Gave the swivel housing a lick of paint and put it all back together. now tomorrow all I need to do is slot the half shaft back in 6 bolts and bang the hub and wheel back on :dance:
what I find funny is that changing the front wheel bearing is a four spanner job according to Haynes but rebuilding the swivel is only a three .. but you have to do the wheel bearing bit before doing swivel bit :-k bizarre
trecfive:
--- Quote from: lee celtic on March 07, 2009, 21:02:56 ---Well I spent the morning taking it all apart . Longest job was getting the ball joints apart on the steering arms :roll: I've got a splitter but it just kept sliding off ...
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Throw the ball joint splitter in the scrap pile. 3 hard whacks with a good hammer, works every time and doesn't split the rubber on the track rod ends. IF you have got a tap and die set run one through the axle ends, you can then tighten the bolts up a lot more with your fingers. Saves on the spanner work.
clbarclay:
As above, I haven't used a 'ball joint splitter' for a long time.
I find it helps to pry the joint appart while hitting it with a hammer, done right its a one hammer hit job. LR stering ball joints are easy to pry as all you need is the standard bottle jack and use it to push up the track/drag rod next to the TRE. When using the pry + hammer technique undo the nut on the TRE but don't remove it, leave it on a couple of turns so that the joint doesn't fly appart.
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