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theVman Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Dec 2010 ·

#896838
I did the driver’s side last night and all went very well. Looks way better than the mirrors originally on the 69. I went to do the passenger’s side tonight and everything that could go wrong did, that pin is in REAL tight. I have decided to give it away tonight and find someone with the correct (special) hinge pin tool.
Do you think todays date had anything to do with it?

Got the mirrors and other stuff from "http://www.vollks.com.au/", good prices, quite fast delivery and also refunded the bulk freight difference, thanks 😎


Regards
theVman

1969 Beetle (soon to be Volksrod)
www.adlerbike.com/volksrod
www.installsmith.com

theVman Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Dec 2010 ·

#896900
Well I gave it another go using a different method. No luck. It bent, twisted, stretched and squashed my equipment and did not move at all.
I used a reasonable quality clamp ($30) modified it a bit to suit, a 3/16 stainless steel bolt and a lot of force using vice grips to torque up the clamp. The bolt was only a few mm proud to retain rigidity and hopefully placing all the force to the pin. It did not even look like moving, it opened the clamp up about 6mm under load. Im hope the “special tool” will do it. Its far more robust and should be free from any flex with good mechanical advantage with the pivit and load.







Regards
theVman

1969 Beetle (soon to be Volksrod)
www.adlerbike.com/volksrod
www.installsmith.com

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#896902
Where are you located ???

the tool works really good never had a failure
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

theVman Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Dec 2010 ·

#896909
vw54 wrote:Where are you located ???

the tool works really good never had a failure
Location: Bundaberg 4670. QLD.
Regards
theVman

1969 Beetle (soon to be Volksrod)
www.adlerbike.com/volksrod
www.installsmith.com