[Healeys] New Post on My Blog "Steering Lever Removal"

[Michael Salter]

Hi John,
I haven't found that necessary on most of the ones I've done and I am
inclined to use a hammer only as a last resort. Amazingly the thread
section on the shaft of these boxes and idlers is fairly soft and pretty
easy to bend or distort.Once bent the shaft is almost impossible to repair.
This however is not the situation with the TR6 rear hubs that Dave
mentions. Although I have great tool for removing those the process still
requires significant percussive encouragement!!
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Michael Salter

                         *I have BJ8 water pump kits!!*


On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:41 AM, john spaur <jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Great blog post, I learned a few things.
>
> Question/comment:
>
> Would it help to cinch up the forcing screw as tight as one thinks best,
> and then give a glancing blow to the pitman arm with a hammer? A mechanic
> told me about that trick and it works surprisingly well for many
> applications. I would tell you exactly which ones but I have CRS.
>
> John
>
>
> At 10:53 PM 6/24/2012 -0400, Michael Salter wrote:
>
>> This may be old hat to most of the experts on this list but it may just
>> save someone some busted knuckles and damaged parts.
>> http://www.netbug.net/**blogmichael/?p=967<http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?p=967>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Salter
>>
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