steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
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steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
I was just wondering what tools you guys use to tighten the locknut on the bearing mine slipped and now i must readjust it I’m afraid to tighten it to tight and strip it as when I went thought the clutches there wasn’t much bolt thread on the throughout bearing. has anyone ever stripped the locknut in the bearing?
i used a 1/4 inch drive with a swivel and palm ratchet the last time
i used a 1/4 inch drive with a swivel and palm ratchet the last time
No locknut, the throrowout bearing holder is threaded. I use a 3/8" ratchet with a long extension that locks the socket on.
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steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
how much torque can you put on the bolt? I’m just afraid of breaking it or striping out the threads?
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steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
lol i still got to fish the socket out of the other side lol im thinking of sticking an old hard drive magnet to the brake drum and seeing if i can bring it up on top it sucks [/quote]
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Not sure of the actual torque rating, but one hand on a 3/8" ratchet.
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steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
can you actually fish it out with one of those?
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steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
I can't afford a magnet but I like removing the final drive to fetch my socket out. Usually by the time I get into the clutch housing, I have forgotten why I was going there and find the socket still on the end of the extention. gregjo1948
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Re: steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
Haha been there.gregjo1948 wrote:I can't afford a magnet but I like removing the final drive to fetch my socket out. Usually by the time I get into the clutch housing, I have forgotten why I was going there and find the socket still on the end of the extention. gregjo1948
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Re: steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
Oh yeah it works well.fictional31m wrote:can you actually fish it out with one of those?
Even Hung a tiny flashlight and taped a magnet to it and retrieved all but aluminum.
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steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment
that’s why i used a 1/4 drive there is a little hole at the back that I figured if I was to drop it in I could fish it out of the hole I thought about welding up some kind of tool.
I did see in the book what looked like a open ended wrench welded to the end of a rod to form a crows foot like tool
the one I dropped in the other side was a 3/8 swivel to big to fit though the hole at the back so the other side I had to use a 1/4 drive to tighten obviously I didn’t get it tight enough because it slipped and now don’t engage the pressure plate.
I did see in the book what looked like a open ended wrench welded to the end of a rod to form a crows foot like tool
the one I dropped in the other side was a 3/8 swivel to big to fit though the hole at the back so the other side I had to use a 1/4 drive to tighten obviously I didn’t get it tight enough because it slipped and now don’t engage the pressure plate.
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