SER1 Front chassis bushes: The best meal after inserting new ones
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From: Ulrico Becker
Subject: SER1 Front chassis bushes: The best meal after inserting new ones
Date: 11:55 on 14 Aug 2005
Subject: SER1 Front chassis bushes: The best meal after inserting new ones
Date: 11:55 on 14 Aug 2005
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C5A0D7.D65080A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, I have just finished to insert new front chassis bushes on the 80's chassis. I used the later series types as supplied by all the known Land Rover dealers. The bore however was too tight and I had to open it using an expandable reamer. The dimension at which they entered and which still gives an acceptable press fit has been 30,22 to 30,25 mm. This dimension was found by trial and error. I reamed the bore up, inserted the bush and when the force to get it in became too much I took it out again and opened the bore a bit more. I used a high grade threaded rod and a special nut I had made years ago. This fits exactly to the contour of the bush and is 0,5mm smaller in the outside diameter. This works more or less to pull the bush into the chassis. As the pressure the nut exerts on the bush is very high towards the end of the travel this tends to open up a bit, thus increasing the OD of the bush. After some frustration then, before pulling in the last 5mm or so I tapped the bush with a drift to bend it back to the original OD. This made the last part of the exercise much easier. The special nut is a very simple design and it took a tool maker only half an hour to make it. The selected steel is of the highest quality thus leading to wear of the replaceable rod instead of the nut. I used up 3 pieces of rod as in the beginning they all chewed up with the overtight bores. Even so it has been a pig's job and I definitely need an enormous steak now to make up for all the muscle invested. May be this is of use to anybody. Cheers, Ulrico ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C5A0D7.D65080A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005>Hi all,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005>I have just finished to insert new = front=20 chassis bushes on the 80's chassis. I used the later series types as = supplied by=20 all the known Land Rover dealers. The bore however was too tight and I = had to=20 open it using an expandable reamer. The dimension at which they entered = and=20 which still gives an acceptable press fit has been 30,22 to 30,25 mm. = This=20 dimension was found by trial and error. I reamed the bore up, inserted = the bush=20 and when the force to get it in became too much I took it out again and = opened=20 the bore a bit more. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005></SPAN><SPAN=20 class=3D272073511-14082005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005>I used a high grade threaded rod = and a=20 special nut I had made years ago. This fits exactly to the contour of = the bush=20 and is 0,5mm smaller in the outside diameter. This works more or less to = pull=20 the bush into the chassis. As the pressure the nut exerts on the = bush is=20 very high towards the end of the travel this tends to open up a bit, = thus=20 increasing the OD of the bush. After some frustration then, before = pulling=20 in the last 5mm or so I tapped the bush with a drift to bend it back to = the=20 original OD. This made the last part of the exercise much easier.=20 </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005>The special nut is a very simple = design and=20 it took a tool maker only half an hour to make it. The selected steel is = of the=20 highest quality thus leading to wear of the replaceable rod instead = of the=20 nut. I used up 3 pieces of rod as in the beginning they all chewed up = with the=20 overtight bores.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005>Even so it has been a pig's job = and I=20 definitely need an enormous steak now to make up for all the muscle=20 invested.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005>May be this is of use to=20 anybody.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D272073511-14082005>Cheers, = Ulrico</SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C5A0D7.D65080A0-- To change subscription see www.landrover.net/series1/mail
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