can you place a coin beside those to help determine scale ?
sure, I bet they spin right out....on cars living below the rust beltI always give those a little pop with a hammer and they spin right out with a regular old wrench.
Try it!sure, I bet they spin right out....on cars living below the rust belt
I have a somewhat similar "homemade" solution for this. An ALH big roller that I pressed apart. So the outer steel ring that the belt rides on backs up the arm on the press bed and the bearing/hub is exactly the right size to press in a bushing. I'll snap a pic next time I do some bushings.werewolf, i'm gonna throw a wild guess that's prob wrong.... mkiv control arm bushing press tools ?
nice!... at the shop there is an old tray beside the press full of various "odds and ends" including some old bearing racesI have a somewhat similar "homemade" solution for this. An ALH big roller that I pressed apart. So the outer steel ring that the belt rides on backs up the arm on the press bed and the bearing/hub is exactly the right size to press in a bushing. I'll snap a pic next time I do some bushings.
I use an old wheel bearing race to press them out.
The steel on impact sockets is way softer so easier to grindnice work TDIDave... and Andy i have that socket but in impact form
Dave, easiest way is to put the bolt in loose by a turn or two and smack it with a hammer. It pushes the slider back just fine.
yep, i broke the ear off a perfectly good alternator installing after retracting the sleeves too far ... i do give them a little tap when removing.. if the sleeves are really crusty i fully extract them using a socket and bolt (like the tool above) clean em up and reinstallThey tend to let out a loud crack, at least the alternator does when socking them down during install which makes me quite reticent about using a hammer on a bolt passed through the opposing hole. Even more so on one that was just rebuilt.
ozone! hah!Jimbote, I was lucky to have found one in this neck of the woods. I went thru all of my old tool boxes, my dad's tools and looked high and low without luck. Then, I said what the heck, and jumped in the Vanagon and drove to the local Ozone (Autozone) and low and behold, they had one, but not an impact.
Anyway, it worked...
yep, exactlyThe steel on impact sockets is way softer so easier to grind
yep, i broke the ear off a perfectly good alternator installing after retracting the sleeves too far ..