Page 9 of 9 FirstFirst ... 789
Results 81 to 90 of 90

Thread: Frozen relay

  1. #81
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    2,375
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by 4bee View Post
    I think they'll be a doddle, sort of a piece of cake stuff when you get around to it.
    One lives in hope.

    Cheers,

    Neil
    1975 S3 88" - Ratel

  2. #82
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Westlake ,brisbane
    Posts
    3,922
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Neil,
    You just need to bite the bullet , or in your case SPRING. Just undo those bolts & let it fly.
    JUST A THOUGHT .You could make up a board with two blocks of wood screwed to the board with the gap the same width as the shaft or a bit wider , secure the housing to the board then undo the screws. That way the spring can only expand as far as the blocks, then the will be less tension on the spring.
    Wayne

  3. #83
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    2,375
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Wayne,

    Hello again.

    You’re about three posts too late.

    I gutted the relay yesterday morning without any undue excitement. It simply came out without much force into the old blanket that I had shrouded around the base.

    I was never really afraid to do it - just wanted to check with anyone who had actually stripped one to see how big a reaction they got from the spring. Again, “everyone knows” they explode but it’s hard to find someone who has experienced it.

    Cheers,

    Neil
    1975 S3 88" - Ratel

  4. #84
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Westlake ,brisbane
    Posts
    3,922
    Total Downloaded
    0
    So when you got it apart did you find any reason for the steering being tight

  5. #85
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    2,375
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by 1950landy View Post
    So when you got it apart did you find any reason for the steering being tight
    Wayne,

    Hello again.

    I’m still not entirely sure - the lower check washer and tufnols look like they have been dry and the seal on the lower cover plate wasn’t in the best of condition. The inner shaft, spring, tufnols and thrust washers don’t look too bad and the inner walls of the housing isn’t showing much sign of scoring. The uncompressed spring is a little shorter than the new spring, but I haven’t yet measured it to see whether it is still within the limit suggested by the workshop manual.

    There was a small amount of oily fluid inside the housing, but I had been injecting a fair bit of the atf/distillate mix through the top holes in the weeks that I was trying to free it up. If even half that mix had actually penetrated past the top tufnols it should have been full.

    So, my thoughts for now are that it lost its sealing capacity at some time, went dry and siezed. Also, that the atf/distillate mix barely penetrated past the top washer and what did was probably assisted by the action of turning the shaft back and forth with a large piece of pipe over the upper arm.

    Like many an old farm truck, I’d guess that the relay was likely never checked or serviced from the time that it was rolled off the assembly line.

    Cheers,

    Neil

  6. #86
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Westlake ,brisbane
    Posts
    3,922
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Inkedsteering relay_LI.jpg Neil, If you have this type of relay shaft were you fill with oil through the hole in the top of the shaft you can use the hole arrowed with a pin through it to wind the spring down with a hose clamp around the bottom bush then once wound down fit & clamp the top bush. This is the type I have in my relay but yours being a S3 it may be different.

  7. #87
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    2,375
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by 1950landy View Post
    Inkedsteering relay_LI.jpg Neil, If you have this type of relay shaft were you fill with oil through the hole in the top of the shaft you can use the hole arrowed with a pin through it to wind the spring down with a hose clamp around the bottom bush then once wound down fit & clamp the top bush. This is the type I have in my relay but yours being a S3 it may be different.
    Wayne,

    Hello again.

    Thanks.

    The relay from my truck is the later type with the solid inner shaft. Unless I can borrow or fabricate something akin to the proper service tool - reassembling it will require the more complicated approach of building removable spring holders and deploying multiple clamps to hold the compressed spring and tufnols in place while they are being driven into the housing.

    Again, I have all of the parts, and a pretty good idea of the procedure required, but have yet to collect the necessary bibs and bobs to put it into practice.

    Cheers,

    Neil
    1975 S3 88" - Ratel

  8. #88
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    2,375
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    According to my manual, any of the four bolt holes can be used.
    Hello from Sherwood.

    Belated response - that is correct. All four bolt holes access an inner cavity ring near the top of the housing. Visible in this photo:

    Relay_28 by Neil Mac, on Flickr

    Relay_29 by Neil Mac, on Flickr

    While on the topic, the bore isn't badly scored but I seem to recall someone mentioning running a brake hone through it - is that correct?

    Cheers,

    Neil
    1975 S3 88" - Ratel

  9. #89
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Melbourn(ish)
    Posts
    26,215
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by S3ute View Post
    Hello from Sherwood.

    Belated response - that is correct. All four bolt holes access an inner cavity ring near the top of the housing. Visible in this photo:

    Relay_28 by Neil Mac, on Flickr

    Relay_29 by Neil Mac, on Flickr

    While on the topic, the bore isn't badly scored but I seem to recall someone mentioning running a brake hone through it - is that correct?

    Cheers,

    Neil
    that or a bottle brush hone, just enough to remove any surface rusting/ridging
    Dave

    "In a Landrover the other vehicle is your crumple zone."

    For spelling call Rogets, for mechanicing call me.

    Fozzy, 2.25D SIII Ex DCA Ute
    Tdi autoManual d1 (gave it to the Mupion)
    Archaeoptersix 1990 6x6 dual cab(This things staying)


    If you've benefited from one or more of my posts please remember, your taxes paid for my skill sets, I'm just trying to make sure you get your monies worth.
    If you think you're in front on the deal, pay it forwards.

  10. #90
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    Brisbane
    Posts
    2,375
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by Blknight.aus View Post
    that or a bottle brush hone, just enough to remove any surface rusting/ridging
    Thanks.

    Appreciated.

    Cheers,

    Neil
    1975 S3 88" - Ratel

Page 9 of 9 FirstFirst ... 789

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Search AULRO.com ONLY!
Search All the Web!