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Both sleeves are out. It is interesting that despite the goopy welds from the factory, they seems to have stuck hard in some places and released easily from others. For example, the inside bracket virtually popped off the DS upright, and on the PS if you look closely despite a lot of drilling and pounding with the chisel broke rather than release...
Anyway, for the unfortunate sod who reads this because they are in the same boat:
If yours is stuck like mine, drilling is not worth it, the pin fused to the sleeve throughout -
Do have a grinder with grinding and cutting discs
Do buy the arbor for the drill that takes the smaller thinner discs - see if you can find 1.5-2 inch discs, my almost worn out ones got into tight spaces better (see pic).
You are also going to need a pile of small drill bits (the angles will break them constantly), a chisel and regular and 5 pound sledge to break some of the welds
Also, cut and fold out of the way the front bracket, seems to be the only way to get at the rest of it with a grinder.
Next I will have to source some tubing, but I am going to wait until the pins get here so I can ensure a tight fit. Is the tube proud of the front and rear brackets? Or, if someone has the ability to measure the total length, that would be helpful,
BTW, the second sleeve removal took just shy of 2 hours, but I have more repair to do on the upright than the first.
Cheers,
Kerry
Anyway, for the unfortunate sod who reads this because they are in the same boat:
If yours is stuck like mine, drilling is not worth it, the pin fused to the sleeve throughout -
Do have a grinder with grinding and cutting discs
Do buy the arbor for the drill that takes the smaller thinner discs - see if you can find 1.5-2 inch discs, my almost worn out ones got into tight spaces better (see pic).
You are also going to need a pile of small drill bits (the angles will break them constantly), a chisel and regular and 5 pound sledge to break some of the welds
Also, cut and fold out of the way the front bracket, seems to be the only way to get at the rest of it with a grinder.
Next I will have to source some tubing, but I am going to wait until the pins get here so I can ensure a tight fit. Is the tube proud of the front and rear brackets? Or, if someone has the ability to measure the total length, that would be helpful,
BTW, the second sleeve removal took just shy of 2 hours, but I have more repair to do on the upright than the first.
Cheers,
Kerry
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