Thread: IIA crunchy cornering... bearings?

gee that was an expensive exercise for a simple cure.

Something to remember.


je

Tell me about it, John.

You live and learn I suppose. The devil is in the diagnosis - Bob has been around Landies for so long that he could probabaly detect a missing chassis bung by smell! I haven't had the benefit of much mechanical experience at all.

This is due in part (and I hate using this as an excuse for anything) to the fact that my father was largely absent from my childhood (due to divorced parents living in different countries, not that he is a bad dad!) and after being moved to suburban Sydney I lost the opportunities to tinker that a full-time rural upringing offered.

Nonetheless, I have a brain like a sponge and I make an effort to absorb every bit of knowledge I can wring out of people like yourself, Dinty, JDNSW, Bob, Diana and many others from AULRO, REMLR, LROCS and various others I meet along the way. I also try and do everything myself, even if I have to do it twice because I don't get it the first time.

It all goes towards building up my own knowledge and experience, and I would love to one day be able to pass on whatever skills I have accumulated to my kids or a person in my present situation.

well said

most of us are self taught in the ways of things mechanical. My fathers idea to insert a screw into wood was with a hammer. He has no mechanical aptitude at all. I remember one time I was putting in a new clutch into the pajero I had , he couldn;t work out why I had to take the gearbox out, reckoned the clutch should just drop in from the top.

I meant something to remember for all of us. Its a good one for tips and tricks. One of those things you wouldn't expect to happen.

A bit like when i had my pajero, you had to reverse it to unlock the auto hubs, thats why they have manuals I suppose. The first time I didn;t do it i couldn;t work out why the thing was hard to turn, windup was terrible in it with the hubs still locked. Didn;t make grinding noises but made a lot of groans.



john

Originally Posted by JohnE

well said

most of us are self taught in the ways of things mechanical. My fathers idea to insert a screw into wood was with a hammer. ... <snip>

John I think that that must have been something that was taught in trade school during the inter war years (or at least on the job, away from the Tech. College).

My father was a chippy (he's still alive BTW) and it was routine for him to drive a screw to the shoulder and then screw it for a final fix. With hardwood he'd sometimes drill a pilot hole sometimes he'd drive a nail and pull it out. The only people who would routinely drill holes for screws were cabinent makers.

These days while chippys don't drive screws they use tech screws in the same way and cabinet makers use staple guns.

I guess it's all in the way that builders have to work to get the job done and onto the next one. You could go broke if you spent your time drilling various sized holes for all the screws in a building.

Diana

SUCCESS!

Sortof.

I sat down tonight, cleaned off the bench, put Deep Purple in the CD player and with my nice big new ball peen hammer I bashed the little bastards home and managed to keep all of the needle bearings in situ.

The joint turns and functions as it should and it is all in properly, BUT: It is rather stiff... is this normal for a new UJ? The old one was limp and moved with almost no resistance, however the current one can be moved into position by hand and it will retain that position unless you shake it.

Will it loosen up with time?


Should I also mention that even before I put it in I had concerns about the quality of the UJ - just turning the cups by hand they felt lumpy...

doing the UJ's with a hammer is an art form....

did you grease them prior to turning them?

they will free up but make sure you keep the grease to them and check it for temp after about a 20K drive, if the yoke is hot youve got something wrong.

Dave I think Shonky has replaced the UJ in the swivel housing, not on a prop shaft, although I may be wrong.

Shonks, the UJ should not feel lumpy; are you sure it is not just the drag of the new seals. It is not unexpected at all for the new joint to feel firmer, after all the old will be worn to some extent. A better way to insert the bearing races is to squeeze them in gently with a vice and a slightly smaller socket as a press tool.

Incidentally; I like your style and Deep Purple - make sure you drop down to Narrogin next time you come to Perth,

Cheers Charlie

G'Day Dave.

They came pre greased, but considering I have oil filled hubs I would have thought it would be better not to regrease it and let the oil seep in and do it's thing...

Should I remove the grease nipple to facilitate better oil ingress?


I am not keen to hammer in UJs again anytime soon... it's painfully fiddly as you say. I stuffed the first one up.

I will install it today and take it for a bit of a drive and see how it goes.