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Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:16 pm
by FbSTDwagon
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
gearbox 11.jpg
gearbox 12.jpg
Patrick
Gday Patrick how did you go with this gearbox kit with the double row bearings?
Was the rebuild a success?
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:49 pm
by 62ekute
Hi Drew,
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
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:58 pm
by BILLY BLACKARROW
You would think you would learn after the first big hit
or is that an age thing to
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:16 pm
by In the Shed
Ouch
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:49 pm
by Blacky
Dang
no blood at least , my hands usually look like i have been wrestling a mountain lion .....
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:36 pm
by Errol62
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
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:50 pm
by 62ekute
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
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:15 pm
by Errol62
Stop! It only hurts when I laugh 8 ) 8 )
I wonder what time it is at O’Connor?
Funny black (award winning) beer o’clock here.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:58 pm
by Brett027
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
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:43 pm
by 62ekute
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
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:49 am
by Harv
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
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:12 pm
by BILLY BLACKARROW
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:30 pm
by FbSTDwagon
62ekute wrote: Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:49 pm
Hi Drew,
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?
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:25 am
by Harv
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
Re: Gimme 5 years
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:57 am
by Blacky
Harv wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:49 am
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 ...................
