62ekute wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:23 pm
the gearbox rebuild kit turned up today, just before bourbon o'clock, so I only had time to press the rear bearing in
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gearbox 12.jpg
Patrick
Gday Patrick how did you go with this gearbox kit with the double row bearings?
Yeah, all good ... crashbox is pretty straightforward ... though I did look at the book (and Harv's writeup) before and during. Shouldn't be any need for a BFH for any of it. I made up a couple of simple tools to press things into place
Patrick
P.S. I tend to press rather than bash ... but here's a pic, from two days ago, of what happened when I used a hammer and cold chisel to chip some concrete. I was in an awkward position chipping around a pipe so gave myself 3 good hits (good thing at my age you don't really feel it and it looks more impressive)
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maybe I should stay in practice with the BFH after all
You would think you would learn after the first big hit or is that an age thing to
BILLY BLACKARROW
MY Father always said do the hard part first --because when you are OVER IT you only have the easy part left to do THINGS I HAVE TRIED TO LIVE BY
Good thing you didn’t have a wedding ring on. I lost mine surfing 20 years ago at the same spot I had two surfs at today, Pondy Bay. I digress, a lot in case you hadn’t noticed.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
getting my FB ute on the road
EK van on rotisserie
Errol62 wrote: Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:36 pm
Good thing you didn’t have a wedding ring on. I lost mine surfing 20 years ago at the same spot I had two surfs at today, Pondy Bay. I digress, a lot in case you hadn’t noticed.
lesson for all then - always hit hand with hammer before surfing so you don't lose wedding ring
Wow that looks very sore Patrick. Hope it passes quickly.
It's a dangerous game doing work. I dropped my little 10kg anvil off a bench onto a powercord on Monday. Didn't think about it and just picked up the anvil and put it back. A bit later I went to shift the cord and the anvil had landed on its edge and unbeknown to me it had completely severed the cord. For some reason lately I have been using an earth leakage cord and fortunately it had tripped out. Normally I have used a standard el cheapo extension cord. If I picked up the anvil on a normal live cord the result might have been a bit messier.
Care is key
glad it worked out well for you Brett ... that's one way to test if the earth leakage breaker works ... kinda like me checking I'm swinging the hammer hard enough
yeah Billy, because of the awkward spot I was in, I had to keep changing positions and re-learn
Clay, while I was away the battery in my garage clock went flat - now it's stuck on 4pm
If I had dropped that anvil, it would have an 80% chance of landing on my foot
I'm a big fan of the earth leakage switches too. Grinding inside the wagon, with doors on the car but no rubbers. Shut the door and cut the cord. Safety switch kicked in thankfully.
Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
OK now i can sympathize with you as today I dropped the uplift bare of my caravan on my BLOODY TOE & it hurts & the nail went black straight away BUT i only did it once
BILLY BLACKARROW
MY Father always said do the hard part first --because when you are OVER IT you only have the easy part left to do THINGS I HAVE TRIED TO LIVE BY
Yeah, all good ... crashbox is pretty straightforward ... though I did look at the book (and Harv's writeup) before and during. Shouldn't be any need for a BFH for any of it. I made up a couple of simple tools to press things into place
Patrick
P.S. I tend to press rather than bash ... but here's a pic, from two days ago, of what happened when I used a hammer and cold chisel to chip some concrete. I was in an awkward position chipping around a pipe so gave myself 3 good hits (good thing at my age you don't really feel it and it looks more impressive)
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maybe I should stay in practice with the BFH after all
Geez Patrick you need to look after the one hands mate!
Hey question about the double row bearing….
Do you remove a single row and replace with double row?
Had a guy say today that an extra cut lip groove ‘or something like that’ is needed for the double row.
How did you attack the job?
If its an FB or later box, the mainshaft already has two grooves and it is a bolt-up job. If it's an earlier box, you have two choices: either machine a new groove to accomodate the wider bearing, or make up a short spacer out of water pipe and use the speedo groove to do the job. See page 16 of the Guide for a better description and photos.
Cheers,
Harv
327 Chev EK wagon, original EK ute for Number 1 Daughter, an FB sedan meth monster project and a BB/MD grey motored FED.
I'm a big fan of the earth leakage switches too. Grinding inside the wagon, with doors on the car but no rubbers. Shut the door and cut the cord. Safety switch kicked in thankfully.
Cheers,
Harv
Meh - its only 240 , that stuff won't hurt ya ...................
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
no blood at least , my hands usually look like i have been wrestling a mountain lion .....
