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Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
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Username: Luvrbus
Post Number: 6
Registered: 8-2006
Posted From: 74.33.55.92
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:02 am: | |
i can not get the clamp bolts out of the bogie arm i need to know if i can cut the bolts in half were the slots are and then pull the arm off my book shows to remove the bolts thanks |
Mark Renner (Boomer)
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Username: Boomer
Post Number: 27
Registered: 11-2006
Posted From: 12.180.53.193
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:48 am: | |
This is a job where you "have to do what you have to do". Except use heat. If the bolts are rusted in, no reason you can't cut them off and replace them. I would use grade 8. Just use lots of Never Seize when you reassemble everything. The book also says not to spread the bogie arm, but I've found it works a lot easier if you do and have done it with no ill effects. The book is very close when they say 500 lbs. per spline.
Expect a little work to get the arm back on the shaft, especially if you have not taken the hub, drum and brakes off. You can roll it on and off with a floor jack under the drum. |
Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
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Username: Luvrbus
Post Number: 7
Registered: 8-2006
Posted From: 74.33.55.92
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:59 am: | |
mark thanks for the help i have the hubs and brakes off i just did not know if the bolts are through a slot on the spline i bought a set of scales from a tour operator and just had to try them out big mistake |
Jim Shepherd (Rv_safetyman)
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Username: Rv_safetyman
Post Number: 246
Registered: 1-2004
Posted From: 67.142.130.47
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 12:19 pm: | |
Getting the arms off of the spline will require some sort of puller. You can see my jury-rigged system at:
http://www.rvsafetysystems.com/busproject3.htm
You can click on the picture to enlarge. You will note that I pulled the arm with the hub/drum attached. I used an engine hoist and it worked OK. Might be easier to do it like you did and pull the parts.
You can make a bottle jack work horizontally if you put the reservoir on the bottm.
Jim Shepherd
Evergreen, CO
’85 Eagle 10/Series 60/Eaton AutoShift 10 speed transmission
Bus Project details: http://www.rvsafetysystems.com/busproject.htm |
Mark Renner (Boomer)
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Username: Boomer
Post Number: 28
Registered: 11-2006
Posted From: 12.180.53.193
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 11:04 pm: | |
I use the same exact method as Jim, a cheap puller and easy to use. |
Prather Ellsberry (Prather)
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Username: Prather
Post Number: 6
Registered: 10-2006
Posted From: 207.69.140.32
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 10:04 am: | |
I would be caution in cutting the bolts, there is a indent on the spline that the bolt fits though to hold the arm on. I had a the same problem and ended up drilling the bolts out, a slow frustrating process but doesn't destroy the spline.
Prather |
Mark Renner (Boomer)
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Username: Boomer
Post Number: 32
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:41 am: | |
That's true. You might soak them with penetrating oil and try jacking them out. Or, if you cut them in two, put the air gun on the bolt head, it should come out, but you might have to weld the nut on the threaded end to back it out. |
david anderson (Davidanderson)
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Username: Davidanderson
Post Number: 197
Registered: 2-2004
Posted From: 66.90.203.122
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 9:49 pm: | |
I too fabricated a puller using a bottle jack on its side. I hammered my bolts loose; however, it did not take too much hammering to get them loose. Perhaps I had less rust than you.
When you pull the arm from the spline, once it is halfway it will drop. Ask Jim Sheppard about his smashed body part. Be very cautious and don't break anything.
Here is an old thread that should be relevant to your job.
http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/233/6057.html
David |
larry currier (Larryc)
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Username: Larryc
Post Number: 23
Registered: 2-2007
Posted From: 207.200.116.13
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 2:48 pm: | |
I found that my Eagle was getting blown around to much when @ proper ride height. I dropped the back a half inch and raised the front 3/4 in so it lookes a little more like a boat on plane. I think this also forces a little more air underneath for brake and engine compartment cooling. Now at 70 MPH in a HARD crosswind gust, the bus will move about 1 inch on the road. I can feel the wind hit the side and immediately feel the weight transfer to the steer tire on the opposite side of the bus and plant it solid. Love that torsion bar setup. |