wammers said:
Are you winding him up. What a silly idea you surprise me Clarky. :mad:
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Would you not advocate cutting them off, Wammers, even if you intend replacing them anyway? They are a major arse-ache to remove (at least in my case they were)...
 
Clarky130 said:
Would you not advocate cutting them off, Wammers, even if you intend replacing them anyway? They are a major arse-ache to remove (at least in my case they were)...
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No unless they were so badly damaged as to be impossible to remove in any other way. I always find using the correct methods and tools is a very large advantage. Unless the bolt shanks are damaged or the nyloc nuts run up the threads without any resistance, using them again is not a problem. Providing they are tightened properly.
 
Clarky130 said:
Would you not advocate cutting them off, Wammers, even if you intend replacing them anyway? They are a major arse-ache to remove (at least in my case they were)...
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Pretty difficult to get any sort of cutter on the bolts without collateral damage:)
 
Well, the tool arrived, and u did the work the other day. Thunk I found the culprit of the noise an vibration...

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That's how I found them - bone dry, no needle bearings, and shattered. Bah. Last owner is a bumhole...
 
Yeah i would say that. Wonder what that little nipple type thing screwed into it is for? :D:D:D
 
I can't thank you guys enough for the assistance. I'm capable of a lot of stuff having built several cars up over the years but the Rangie is on a whole 'nother level as everything is upsized and lorry like! :D
 
RossDagley said:
I can't thank you guys enough for the assistance. I'm capable of a lot of stuff having built several cars up over the years but the Rangie is on a whole 'nother level as everything is upsized and lorry like! :D
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Think you will find the grease nipples are all the same size though. :D:D:D
 
wammers said:
Yeah been through that already earlier in thread James. Proper nuts and bolts, neater and better than the Froggy metric crap.
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i noticed just after i posted ,should have known really :)not many realise theres a whole science behind bolts
 
jamesmartin said:
i noticed just after i posted ,should have known really :)not many realise theres a whole science behind bolts
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The only part I never got to grips with was thread sizes ie fine thread course ect I still have to double check when using my thread cleaner files
 
defender300td1 said:
The only part I never got to grips with was thread sizes ie fine thread course ect I still have to double check when using my thread cleaner files
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it takes practice ,we used to get bolts anodized and how ever you sent them they just came back in a mixed box ,which with lrs is a mixed box ,imperial,metric incuding different pitches ,and whitworth,after youve done a few you soon learn to identify any bolt by eye
 
jamesmartin said:
i noticed just after i posted ,should have known really :)not many realise theres a whole science behind bolts
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Yes the British had the absurd idea of sizing and pitching threads based on the properties of the material - maximising the strength. Basing thread sizes on numerical convenience makes much more sense - doesn't it!? :confused:
 
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