Dr_evil

Banned

• May 11, 2013

• #21

Haha way round Allen bolts I found today was a pair of mole grips when stripping the husky winch

 

Gem

New Member

• May 11, 2013

• #22

Tried that, can't get enough grip, well , you can, but the acing gets in the way of turning the moley's!

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• May 11, 2013

• #23

Just turn in small increments that's what I ended up doing as the last eejit had rounded off the Allen socket on mine

 

Gem

New Member

• May 12, 2013

• #24

Yes, that's what I didn't want to do, but how to get the leverage on an Allen key head is rubbish... Having to push down, and turn... I'll try the small increments with some moles, but I gotta wait for a left hand thread ball joint in the post first!!!! Grrrrrr

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• May 12, 2013

• #25

buy a set of 3/8th socketed allen keys. like these

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• May 12, 2013

• #26

Or I have an extension tube that fits over one end of an L shaped allen key.

 

Gem

New Member

• May 12, 2013

• #27

Thanks, yes, will try the second one first.. Still got this..
To undo.. Any ideas?

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• May 12, 2013

• #28

bike C spanner or a drift and hammer.

C Spanner

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• May 12, 2013

• #29

Also try a angle grinder key on it.

 

Gem

New Member

• May 12, 2013

• #30

Thanks.. Tried the drift. Which is why it now looks like it does... :-/

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• May 12, 2013

• #31

Always use a blunt drift never a screwdriver or cold chisel.

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• May 12, 2013

• #32

is it threaded or is there a little hole on the side of the tube near the end ?

 

Gem

New Member

• May 12, 2013

• #33

Lesson learned..

 

Gem

New Member

• May 12, 2013

• #34

No hole, so threaded... I presume, and as there were no instructions/direction and basically very little info about the workings of this system, I don't even know if it's left or right threaded!!

 

Gem

New Member

• May 13, 2013

• #35

Latest update, Paul at Heystee said if I send him the part, he'll replace seals and send it back free of charge. What a diamond. Only trouble is, it's in the Netherlands, so lots of time getting there and back, with no vehicle :-( unless I find a steering rod, and trust my rusty box to guide me...
Also, miss out in servicing it myself, which was the point of getting the seals..

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• May 13, 2013

• #36

ask for a set of instructions from him ?

 

Gem

New Member

• May 13, 2013

• #37

I did write him a long email detailing my gripes, and that was one of them, instructions or advice.. What tools needed... Which way things are threaded, etc... He didn't offer any instructions, but I'll ask him anyway. I'm a little jaded by it now... From original excitement about taking it apart, and sorting the leaks, to how annoying I battered and scraped it trying to undo bolts...