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| posted on November 18th, 2005 at 10:49 PM |
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beam swap?????
ok doky
swapping my beam over got an adjustable one.
can someone give me a step by step, the main thing that worrys me damaging ball joints on the steering arms.
thanks
deon
[ Edited on 19-11-2005 by sgetty ]
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pete wood
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| posted on November 19th, 2005 at 10:17 AM |
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wheels off, obviously and car on jack stands supported where bulkhead joins pan at the front firewall.
two pairs of vice grips to crimp front brake hoses (but not too tight now). take brakes and drums off and make sure they go back on the same sides.
Don't forget the speedo cable too.
tie rod ends? lossen them first thing and spray a whole lot of WD40 on them where they go into the steering arm on the spindles. If they won't move
still, you can use a nut of the same thread against the orginal nut. You wind it on so that the tread of the rod end is protected. Then a few tap with
a hammer on the extra nut should do the trick. Solid but not too hard. (come back to me if you don't get what I mean)
undo clamp on steering column and the four bolts holding the front beam on. should just slip forward and out using the jack to lower it onto the
ground.
Swap ya steering box onto the new beam and give it a clean a quick paint if like. Then just reverse the process. Make sure when you put the front
drums back on that you have some NEW locking tabs. Then bleed ya brakes up.
There you go. All done. Should take you a few hours but not too long.
BTW, don't change the adjustments on the steering arms or you'll have wheel alignment issues until you can get an alignment done.
[ Edited on 19-11-2005 by pete wood ]
[ Edited on 19-11-2005 by pete wood ]
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sgetty
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| posted on November 19th, 2005 at 10:22 AM |
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cheers doing it
2night.
deon
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pod
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| posted on November 19th, 2005 at 10:27 AM |
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is it link pin or balljoint ?? as when i changed my link pin just undone each hub and let them hang ,are you worried about damaging the steering tie
rodends as i give the bit where the taper goes into a tap with a big hammer to break the taper apart,then do the stuff pete mentioned above where
applicable:thumb
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sgetty
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| posted on November 19th, 2005 at 12:12 PM |
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yeah its link pin, yeah the tie rod end ones where the ones i was worryed about when i had my kombi they where a beeaaach to do, but they where
bigger.
thanks pod.
deon
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sgetty
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| posted on November 20th, 2005 at 09:40 AM |
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ok swapped beams over last night the only thing is the steering is gone crazy.
deon
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| posted on November 24th, 2005 at 07:23 AM |
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Hey deon did you bleed the brakes or just sit 'em on the floor still attatched to the lines?
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sgetty
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| posted on November 24th, 2005 at 06:31 PM |
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no i had to swap the spindals over so i left brakes attached
theres some photos in members rides:thumb
ive got to adjust my top link pins on both sides and steering and its done, funny thing is i didnt change the steering when i pulled the other one
out, doesnt make sence but anyhow
deon
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