SIRPip wrote:

> Lozzo wrote:
>
> > SIRPip wrote:
>
> > > A lot more than me, for example. I see it as a wondrous cure-all
> > > for stuff stuck in stuff and that's about as far as I go.
> >
> > My BMW needed a rusted in broken pinch bolt spark-eroding out, or a
> > new hub costing over 300 sheets[1]. It cost 70 quid to have it
> > spark-eroded, so I'd only use it as a very last resort.
> >
> > [1] Couldn't find a used one without the same problem.
>
> ytc. Gimme a call next time something like that comes up. I've got a
> couple of old boys that sort that sort of **** out for beers.

Thanks squire, but Tich sorted it for me. I'm dreading doing the other
side now

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

On 06/02/2011 16:59, Simon Wilson wrote:

<snip>

<bad form alert>

Both grubscrews out but not the kingpins yet. I think getting the whole
axle off might be the right way to go, thanks Krusty.

I talked to the nice people at Thwaites and they're sending me a full
service manual and parts list FOC.

Not bad for a 40 year old machine.

I do like proper service.

</bfa>

--
/Simon

Simon Wilson wrote:

> On 06/02/2011 16:59, Simon Wilson wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> <bad form alert>
>
> Both grubscrews out but not the kingpins yet. I think getting the
> whole axle off might be the right way to go, thanks Krusty.

I hope you've got a decent balljoint splitter, I doubt those steering
arms will give up without a fight.



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Krusty

Raptor 1000 MV 750 Senna Tiger 955i Tiger 885 Fantic Hiro 250

On 09/02/2011 10:39, Krusty wrote:
> Simon Wilson wrote:
>
>> On 06/02/2011 16:59, Simon Wilson wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> <bad form alert>
>>
>> Both grubscrews out but not the kingpins yet. I think getting the
>> whole axle off might be the right way to go, thanks Krusty.
>
> I hope you've got a decent balljoint splitter, I doubt those steering
> arms will give up without a fight.
>

Fairly decent. Sykes Pickavant IIRC.

I can get away by removing just the one balljoint (main arm that
connects to steering gearbox), and leave the other two connected.

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/Simon

Simon Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:8rf8slF798U1
@mid.individual.net:

> On 06/02/2011 16:59, Simon Wilson wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> <bad form alert>
>
> Both grubscrews out but not the kingpins yet. I think getting the whole
> axle off might be the right way to go, thanks Krusty.
>
> I talked to the nice people at Thwaites and they're sending me a full
> service manual and parts list FOC.
>

How will making a batch of Lancaster Bomber help fix your dumper truck?

--
wessie at tesco dot net

BMW R1150GS

On 09/02/2011 20:18, wessie wrote:
> Simon Wilson<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:8rf8slF798U1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> On 06/02/2011 16:59, Simon Wilson wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> <bad form alert>
>>
>> Both grubscrews out but not the kingpins yet. I think getting the whole
>> axle off might be the right way to go, thanks Krusty.
>>
>> I talked to the nice people at Thwaites and they're sending me a full
>> service manual and parts list FOC.
>>
>
> How will making a batch of Lancaster Bomber help fix your dumper truck?
>

I'll get my camra out and take some pictures if that helps?

--
/Simon

Simon Wilson wrote:
> On 09/02/2011 20:18, wessie wrote:
>> Simon Wilson<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> news:8rf8slF798U1 @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> On 06/02/2011 16:59, Simon Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> <bad form alert>
>>>
>>> Both grubscrews out but not the kingpins yet. I think getting the
>>> whole axle off might be the right way to go, thanks Krusty.
>>>
>>> I talked to the nice people at Thwaites and they're sending me a
>>> full service manual and parts list FOC.
>>>
>>
>> How will making a batch of Lancaster Bomber help fix your dumper
>> truck?
>
> I'll get my camra out and take some pictures if that helps?

Heh!

--
Hog

Simon Wilson wrote:

> Both grubscrews out but not the kingpins yet. I think getting the
> whole axle off might be the right way to go, thanks Krusty.
>
> I talked to the nice people at Thwaites and they're sending me a full
> service manual and parts list FOC.
>
> Not bad for a 40 year old machine.
>
> I do like proper service.

Nice to know it still happens. I suppose there's quite a few of these
old machines still running, so it's in their interest to maintain
service.

I have a confirmed source of inch-thick steel plate if you need to make
a puller, but he thinks that's over-speccing the job and it would be
easier and cheaper to use a couple of 6mm plates at either end. Having
tried to bend a single 6mm plate I can see his point, TBH. Not only
that, but I have 6mm plate in stock and it wouldn't be the end of the
world to weld up a pair of 12mm plates with appropriate holes if you
need them.

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SIRPip: B12