<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Richard,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Yes the cam is held onto the column by the end being "swaged" over ...This is how I get them off.<br><img src="cid:ii_15979e7ae266dc5a" alt="Inline image 1" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" width="471" height="265"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">There is steel plug on the end of the puller's forcing screw that is about 0.020" larger than the hole in the column.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Looks like this when removed. The plug is still in place here.<br><img src="cid:ii_15979ea266746616" alt="Inline image 2" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" width="471" height="265"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">The triangular plate that the puller is pulling on (actually a home made mini flywheel puller) has a hole in it about 0.050" larger than the column itself.<br></div>Once
the new cam is installed I just put 3 small TIG welds to replace the
swage. The swage is just to prevent someone pulling up on the steering
wheel and sliding the cam off the column.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Michael S<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 8:47 PM, richard mayor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com" target="_blank">boyracer466@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I just purchased a new steering worm gear for my BT7. Any tips on removing the old gear and attaching the new one? I appears that the end of the shaft is swaged at the lower end of the gear. If I grind this swaged area out in order to remove the old gear, will I then have enough shaft left to swage it again with the new gear. <br></div>
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