steering clutch tool/bearing adjustment

fictional31m · Post by **fictional31m** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:19 pm

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

Post by **Lavoy** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:39 pm

No locknut, the throrowout bearing holder is threaded. I use a 3/8" ratchet with a long extension that locks the socket on.
Lavoy

Gil · Post by **Gil** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:50 pm

I use the 3/8 inch socket with an extension that does not lock the socket on. That way I keep a spare pile of sockets in the bottom of the housing. Gil

fictional31m · Post by **fictional31m** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:23 pm

how much torque can you put on the bolt? I’m just afraid of breaking it or striping out the threads?

DukeofDeere · Post by **DukeofDeere** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:24 pm

Gil wrote:I use the 3/8 inch socket with an extension that does not lock the socket on. That way I keep a spare pile of sockets in the bottom of the housing. Gil

Too funny Gil!!
Haha

fictional31m · Post by **fictional31m** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:13 pm

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

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DukeofDeere · Post by **DukeofDeere** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:05 pm

Been there done that too many times...
I have 3 telescoping magnets.
Have saved me a lot of time.

Duke

Post by **Lavoy** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:33 pm

Not sure of the actual torque rating, but one hand on a 3/8" ratchet.
Lavoy

fictional31m · Post by **fictional31m** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:30 pm

can you actually fish it out with one of those?

gregjo1948 · Post by **gregjo1948** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:11 am

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

DukeofDeere · Post by **DukeofDeere** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:32 am

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

Haha been there.
Surprised I know why I'm typing this.

DukeofDeere · Post by **DukeofDeere** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:34 am

fictional31m wrote:can you actually fish it out with one of those?

Oh yeah it works well.
Even Hung a tiny flashlight and taped a magnet to it and retrieved all but aluminum.

Duke

fictional31m · Post by **fictional31m** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:53 am

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.

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