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    Nice find....those tyres look the goods are they legal on the road, ... drivers door looks like it came off a series 3
    Enjoy the refurb
    Cheers Paul

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    Well we pulled the front wheels off on Saturday to replace them with something driveable and found a lot of play in the drivers side front wheel bearing.
    On pulling down the drive flanges we found the stub shafts on both side and flanges stripped out (explains no front drive). continued on stripping and found
    the swivel hut seal faulty and totally dry. The lower steering lever bearing had collapsed and rusted onto the swivel pin. I had to take it out as one piece and it is now soaking. A bit of heat will be needed to separate them. The axle seal looks fine but the swivel hub bearing and everything around there has gotten a bit hot by the colour of it, so now it's a shopping list to rebuild the front end. The swivel pins look ok as do the swivel balls and hubs, but I may soak the steel hubs in molasses to clean the up for re use.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bemm52 View Post
    Nice find....those tyres look the goods are they legal on the road, ... drivers door looks like it came off a series 3
    Enjoy the refurb
    Cheers Paul
    Thx Paul

    No they were used for lambing in wet country out near Mt Gambier with no front drive, see pics of drive flanges
    The door is Series 3, I'll have to find a 2a door, and new door top frames as they are stuffed.
    Cheers Ian
    1964, S2a SWB "Ralph"
    1977, S3 SWB "Smeg" (Gone)
    1996 D1 300tdi auto (Gone)
    1973 Rangie Classic (Gone)
    2012, 110 (Series 12) Puma "The Tardis"
    1962 109" Tray Back "Ernie"
    1998 D1 300tdi (Dizzy)
    2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000

    You must now cut down the tallest tree in the forest... With... A HERRING!!!!!

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    Hey Gents
    Whats the go with molasses. I was going to use it to soak the cast swivel drums to clean them up. 50/50 mixture??
    1964, S2a SWB "Ralph"
    1977, S3 SWB "Smeg" (Gone)
    1996 D1 300tdi auto (Gone)
    1973 Rangie Classic (Gone)
    2012, 110 (Series 12) Puma "The Tardis"
    1962 109" Tray Back "Ernie"
    1998 D1 300tdi (Dizzy)
    2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000

    You must now cut down the tallest tree in the forest... With... A HERRING!!!!!

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    About 10% molasses in water usually works pretty well for me. Not quick, but very effective
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    Well I ended up doing a 3;1 mixture and put 12v from the car battery into each end. I used 0.5mm twin at first. That didnt give much response so I got an old set of supercrap auto's jumper leads and used them. Holy snapping duck ****!, It started looking like a bucket of Guinness in about 20-30 minutes. Next job is to get the passenger side apart tomorrow and soak that one as well. A mate found a new set of axles for me at MR and I have a shed load of bits coming from the UK which should arrive Monday, so I can start putting the front end back together. I also want to get the front bar off and tidy up the dumb irons as they have a few holes in the leading edge. and the sides up to the spring hangers are a bit rusty too, also remove the front guards and start on cleaning up the front section of the chassis until I can get the tray off to work on the back of the chassis.
    Have a good weekend.
    Ian
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    1964, S2a SWB "Ralph"
    1977, S3 SWB "Smeg" (Gone)
    1996 D1 300tdi auto (Gone)
    1973 Rangie Classic (Gone)
    2012, 110 (Series 12) Puma "The Tardis"
    1962 109" Tray Back "Ernie"
    1998 D1 300tdi (Dizzy)
    2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000

    You must now cut down the tallest tree in the forest... With... A HERRING!!!!!

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    Well I managed to get the back axle/brakes etc sorted on Saturday. Parts arrived for the front this morning so it'll be on the agenda this week.
    The rear end was really good, no leaks from the wheel cylinders. The rear drums were a redbacks nest but the gernie sorted that out until the high pressure hose split on me. The tray has become an invaluable work bench too. The molasses has also worked a treat on the front swivel hub housings and to loosen the lower bushes, I connected the car battery via some jumper leads into the mixture, the cheapie brass handles were actually eaten away, so I stripped the cable back and had about 3-4 " of cable in each end of the tub. Tonight I managed to get the lower swivel pins out, they should clean up ok and I have some new one for the top in the kits from paddocks. I removed and cleaned the chrome swivel hubs to find both are shot, drivers side is scored all around the top and the passenger side is badly scored right where the hub seal sits. Kinda explains why neither had any lubrication inside at all. 2 new ones ordered and hopefully on their way for next weekend.

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    Cheers Ian
    1964, S2a SWB "Ralph"
    1977, S3 SWB "Smeg" (Gone)
    1996 D1 300tdi auto (Gone)
    1973 Rangie Classic (Gone)
    2012, 110 (Series 12) Puma "The Tardis"
    1962 109" Tray Back "Ernie"
    1998 D1 300tdi (Dizzy)
    2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000

    You must now cut down the tallest tree in the forest... With... A HERRING!!!!!

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    Afternoon All

    The new swivel balls arrived today. The front end rebuild begins. One problem I do have is, on the lower
    swivel pin and steering lever, on the drivers side, the swivel pin itself is badly worn. Are these just pressed
    in and are they available as a separate item? The steering arm itself is fine, it's just the pin. Most places I
    have looked seem to offer kits including the top pin but unless I'm having a girls look, I can't seem to find
    a lower pin.
    TIA Ian
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    1964, S2a SWB "Ralph"
    1977, S3 SWB "Smeg" (Gone)
    1996 D1 300tdi auto (Gone)
    1973 Rangie Classic (Gone)
    2012, 110 (Series 12) Puma "The Tardis"
    1962 109" Tray Back "Ernie"
    1998 D1 300tdi (Dizzy)
    2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000

    You must now cut down the tallest tree in the forest... With... A HERRING!!!!!

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    Yes, available separately. First place I looked shows them - Kingpin and Bracket - steering arm on bottom - Paddock Spares
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    Yes, available separately. First place I looked shows them - Kingpin and Bracket - steering arm on bottom - Paddock Spares
    I just had a look, thats different to what I have. Mine is moulded into the control lever. Think I may have found some this afternoon at the Ho Hars, I'll try and have a look this weekend
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    1964, S2a SWB "Ralph"
    1977, S3 SWB "Smeg" (Gone)
    1996 D1 300tdi auto (Gone)
    1973 Rangie Classic (Gone)
    2012, 110 (Series 12) Puma "The Tardis"
    1962 109" Tray Back "Ernie"
    1998 D1 300tdi (Dizzy)
    2017 Kawasaki Versys 1000

    You must now cut down the tallest tree in the forest... With... A HERRING!!!!!

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