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| posted on September 25th, 2004 at 02:10 PM |
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Dismantling rear suspension on IRS Bug...
Anything I should be aware of or be marking etc before I take it all to bits?
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| posted on September 25th, 2004 at 03:55 PM |
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Im at this stage, what do I do now?
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| posted on September 25th, 2004 at 04:12 PM |
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what are you trying to do?
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on September 25th, 2004 at 04:25 PM |
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I have to strip everything off the pan ready for sand-blasting and powder coating.
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| posted on September 25th, 2004 at 04:36 PM |
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Prise the springplates off the bottom stop...BE CAREFUL, there is a lot of force and it will shoot downwards, KEEP FINGERS WELL CLEAR, once it comes
to a rest scribe a mark along the top of the springplate onto the shock tower section so you can line up the angle when you refit it all.
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| posted on September 25th, 2004 at 05:21 PM |
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Sorry m8, I dont really know what you mean, call me a thicky if you will but do I just try and move the springplates outwards? Then they will try to
shoot downwards, then I mark em? Shouldnt I mark em now?
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| posted on September 25th, 2004 at 05:27 PM |
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No, because they are resting hard against theri bottom stop. Take a look at the bottom edge of th spingplate - it is being prevented from drooping any
further by a lip on the chassis. You must prise teh springplate out and over this lip, then scribe a line to tell you where teh springplate angle is
while it is 'feee' otherwise, when you put it all back together again, your suspension will be 'out' (too high or low)
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 12:10 AM |
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Just be carefull. also you will need a 17mm hex socket to get the inner pivot bolt out. I will be around tomorrow morning if you want a hand. give me
a call.
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 01:25 AM |
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If its not to late you should mark the arms and plates with a chisel, so when it goes back the wheel alignment is not that far out……. have a look
at the pic :duh
put a chisel mark on the red line
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 01:30 AM |
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this one is on your pic
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 08:46 AM |
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Hmm, the bolts are out of there now, is it too late to mark it?
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 01:28 PM |
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OK, everything else is off, except this bolt!!!!
It has been turned so much, I have given up for now, it just seems to be stuck in there.
Many thanks go to Drew (BiX) for his help this morning its def a two person job!
This is the bolt in question, anyone have any ideas on how I can budge it out from there?
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 02:39 PM |
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yep its a 17mm allen hex bolt. Shouldnt be too hard to take out, there is a special tool that you can get which is basically two 17mm nuts inside a
spanner.
To disassemble the bearings and stub axle you'll need large circlip pliers as the one that retains the inner ball bearing is held by this. Also lots
of hammering with a drift to get the bearings and spacers out.
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 03:06 PM |
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I have undone the 17mm allen head bolt as much as I can, its not coming out any further, its just spinning in there. It wont come out any further than
you can see here. Very hard to move, very tight in there.
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 03:25 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Gibbo
I have undone the 17mm allen head bolt as much as I can, its not coming out any further, its just spinning in there. It wont come out any further than
you can see here. Very hard to move, very tight in there.
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some times it helps if you move the arm at the same time as twisting back and forward with v/grips and wd40
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 03:27 PM |
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Yeah, we tried that, im at my wits end. (which isnt very far, lol)
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| posted on September 26th, 2004 at 04:52 PM |
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yeah the bolt is undone just grab it with some vise grips and work it out with some elbow grease it will just be stuck in the rubber bush.
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| posted on September 27th, 2004 at 08:30 AM |
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Any luck Gibbo.
I found mine was so stuck I spent the day with a hacksaw blade to cut it out... this was with the body still on the Chassis.
So this may be the only other alternative. But at least you'll beable to get comfortable and work above the car.
I cut the head off so that the arm would pull out. Basically the inner (steel ring) part of the bush rusted itself to the bolt.
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| posted on September 27th, 2004 at 03:20 PM |
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As somebody said-grab the head with a big pair of visegrips and hit the visegrips while turning it back and forth. It's obviously not rusted into the
bush because it has unscrewed that far-it must have a bit of a lip on it where it rubs against the big galvanised washer and won't come thru the
pivot box hole-when in doubt-CRC and bash the shit out of it.If you don't have a big set- get a grip inside the hex on the head with a smaller set
and still hit it while trying to turn it.Good luck.
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| posted on October 3rd, 2004 at 11:13 AM |
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Arggh!
Still stuck, lol
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| posted on October 4th, 2004 at 11:14 AM |
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Have any luck yesterday arvo? might be time for the angle grinder?
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