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Oct 13th, 2021, 09:37 | #121 | |
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That was quite an ingenious jig you made for your trolley jack - I think again the problem will be keeping everything absolutely straight - whereas a trolley jack necessarily follows an arc. I'm wondering whether that jig would work with a bottle jack instead of a trolley? A proper press (like the one Luke has) made the whole job very easy indeed. Because it always pushes in a straight line it is quite easy to ensure everything stays well aligned. I was even thinking of buying a press (they start at under £100) - but then I would probably only use it once every couple of years. If I was replacing all the bushes both ends it might well justify a purchase? Alan
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I also have 2 smaller similar frames made from box section and have successfully used a bottle jack to press out a wheel bearing, my "winter project" for this year is to beef it up and fit exact landing position plates (so i can remove and use the bottle jack for other things too) for the bottle jack and also on the back of it, fit a couple of lengths of angle iron, one with two sets of bearings (covered in a length of tube each), the other with a central set of bearings covered in a longer tube with a handle attached to the tube to create a ring-roller - the jack would apply the pressure to enable the curves to be rolled. It's certainly the basis of a useful tool, maybe my ideas will give Juular an idea how to repurpose/reinvent his frame to make himself a useful tool.
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Sometimes it is worth investing in a fairly specialised tool just for a few uses though - I've done that quite a few times (things like coil spring compressors and motorcycle chain riveters come to mind). I've found that if I buy the cheaper (normally either Chinese or Indian manufactured) items they are made well enough to last a lot of occasional use and cheaper than paying a garage for even just 2 or 3 jobs. I'm thinking that if I ever changed all the bushes front and back on the RB it would be worth paying £90 for a press. Alan PS. One like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283628996...4AAOSw3LphVsqr
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I think this is what I'll be doing in the future, although the price of steel box section has become quite steep recently. It might actually be more economical to buy one.
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I used box because it was what i had lying around, similar i suspect to why you used angle for your frame. As for the kink in one side, you bent it with a jack, you can straighten it with a jack! Alternatively, get two small blocks of wood and a longer length, make a bridge from them then use a G-Clamp or similar to pull the bent bit straight then weld some reinforcement onto it. Alternatively use some washers each end as shims, use a second piece of angle as the bridge part of the reinforcement, clamp in the middle to pull the bent part "past straight" then weld in the middle. Once cool, knock the shims out and weld all the way along to gain a double reinforced section that should now be straight. I also need to straighten one side of one of the frames i made from box, my trolley jack bent that too. The bottle jack didn't bend the second frame i made to get that wheel bearing out. I'll use a similar method to what i've described to straighten my "banana box" section.
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... but in my experience (with occasional use specialist tools) that is always perfectly adequate. If I was running a workshop where the press was in use every day it would be sensible to buy a more expensive one. For a tool (such as a spring compressor, chain riveter, press...) that might be used 10-20 times in its whole lifetime Chinese or Indian made items are most adequate.
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Time to update this
Axle painted. Arms rebushed and painted. Springs tidied up. Fuel tank had any major rust chopped off and the remainder treated. It isn't leaking at all which is a major bonus. And a coat of paint. Fitted a new lift pump to the sender unit, and cleaned up the wiper tracks for the sender. As you can see it now gives correct readings at min and max. My rear spring retainer plates were rotten right through so I made up some replacements with integrated threaded bar to make fitting easier. Fuel tank bracket was shot, so I made one of these too. Exhaust refitted Tank refitted Brake lines cleaned up and fuel lines and main pump refitted. Axle in place. Axle brake hardlines made up with new fittings and flexis. Springs shocks, brake discs. The calipers will have to wait because AutoDoc send me the wrong pad fitting kits. I had to remake the clevis pins for the handbrake expanders as I managed to lose them. I used some offcuts of bolts with the ends peened over using a hammer. The next part will be sorting out the electrics and interior. |
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