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Buddy Tennison (Buddyten)
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Username: Buddyten
Post Number: 83
Registered: 7-2005
Posted From: 207.68.234.50
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 9:16 pm: | |
Hey guys. We had a little accident in our '80 Eagle. One of the guys driving got too close to a pillar around a fuel pump and caught the bogey axle. We have found out that it did not bend the torsion bar, but rather the splined shaft onto which the torsion bar mounts. I understand this shaft is mounted in rubber, and to replace it, the fuel tank has to be removed and another one put into place. Also understand that the torsion has to have a 3500 lb pre-load on it.
Is all this true, or have I been given wrong info? Does anybody have one of these shafts? What is the proper installation of one of these shafts? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will take it to our local mechanic, as this is an insurance reimbursable job, but he has never replaced one of these before. Any help, or detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated. |
Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
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Username: Luvrbus
Post Number: 867
Registered: 8-2006
Posted From: 74.32.83.4
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 9:51 pm: | |
Buddy, I doubt you bent the shaft more like bending the tubing on the frame where it is bolted too that shaft will break before bending.
Is it just out of alignment like toed in or out
(Message edited by luvrbus on March 22, 2010) |
AL (Proudeagle10)
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Username: Proudeagle10
Post Number: 79
Registered: 4-2005
Posted From: 75.104.192.54
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 12:01 pm: | |
Buddy the bogey is accessible, frome under the bus. There are two panel underneath. One is for the a/c drain and the other is the bogey drain or at lease thats what the maintenance manual says. Some are bolted on and some are rivited. The torsion bar that has a big nut and is connect to the rear axial at the back and is connected to the bogey at the front is the adjustment for toe-in or toe -out. You don't have to removed the tanks. I hope this help.
AL proudeagle10 |
larry currier (Larryc)
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Username: Larryc
Post Number: 319
Registered: 2-2007
Posted From: 207.200.116.13
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 12:00 am: | |
Jefferson probably has the shaft. The pre load can be gotten close by jacking the other side for a reference measurement and repeating on the side you are working on.
Thats not the way the book says to do it though...
I'd get the jack with a gauge and just do it right, at least matching the other side and preferably setting both sides to the proper weights.
Shims are available. but if you bent it very much, a shim set won't make enough difference.
When you take it apart, just punch mark the shaft parts to get the spline count back where it has been running.
The preload can be repeated, right or wrong, it will be the same if you count it off and back on.. |