Yesterday I wrote:
> My Spit 1500 failed it's MOT last week. One of the problems was
> "excessive movement in offside rear trunion bushes". I stripped out
> the half-shaft last night and found that the trunion bolt is seized
> into the trunion. The only movement that was occuring was between
> the vertical link and the bolt, causing the bolt-holes in the
> vertical link to wear oval.
Well, thanks to the advice from the good people of the Triumphs
list I sucessfully removed the bolt last night.
I ground down the end of the bolt, levered off the vertical link, (I
hope Kippings have recon ones in stock) and then used a bit of heat to
soften the nylon bushes. The remains of the bolt and rusted-on sleve
then just pushed out.
My only worry is that the blow-torch will have melted the bearing
grease. Any opinions as to whether I can get away with pumping some
grease into the nipple, or do I _need_ to strip the hub and repack
the bearings ?
Thanks for all the help (I'm going to ask some more dumb questions
later...)
Julian.
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| Julian Daley, j.daley@umds.ac.uk |
| Department Clinical Physics, Guy's Hospital, London. |
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