SIII Swivel Ball preload

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Originally Posted by Wallydog

Before fitting the bush and bottom race I did heat the swivel to about 100 celcius and lubed the outer part of the bush and it was still an extremely tight fit. Ill try again tomorrow. w

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Before I re-did mine, I put both bearing races in the freezer over night. (I have a bearing in place of the Railko in mine). They press fitted fine. Just used a race insertion tool I got a couple of years ago. And tapped it in with a hammer.. The railko bush should sit flush with the bottom lip. If there is a gap, there is a problem.. I've attached a photo of one that's original. Sorry about the focus on the photo, but you can see how it should look.

Wolf

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Originally Posted by Wolfman_TWP

Before I re-did mine, I put both bearing races in the freezer over night. (I have a bearing in place of the Railko in mine). They press fitted fine. Just used a race insertion tool I got a couple of years ago. And tapped it in with a hammer.. The railko bush should sit flush with the bottom lip. If there is a gap, there is a problem.. I've attached a photo of one that's original. Sorry about the focus on the photo, but you can see how it should look.

Wolf

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Thats great Wolf thanks., thats it! see how the bush sits flush and there is no visible side wall of the bush. i have about 3mm visible side wall of the bush at the top and thats not right.

Thanks for the pic Wolf, I had the railko pressed a bit further and it looks right now. Ive assembled it and adjusted the preload, I needed one shim so made one from gasket paper, I used gasket sealer on the paper and that did the trick. Will put the swivel on the vehicle tonight.

Apart from the railko seating hiccup its been a text book repair so far, famous last words. Thanks heaps for the advice. W.