Progress Pics - Dormobile X-Over

[gas1man]

Damn!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: :shock:
I guess the bar has had it now , why don't you get it welded to the socket, then you will always have it handy. :lol:

Great progress though, and a job well done!!

J & P

 

[gninnam]

The end of the socket can be replaced as it is interchangeable but I can't remember where I bought it from (had it years) so will probably be be binned.

Will get there and thanks for the words of encouragement.

 

[kevinhall]

I ended up buying an electric impact wrench for mine as no combination of weight and long bars would get the bloody things off. Also soaked them for days in homebrew penetrating fluid. Good luck getting them off.

 

[gninnam]

Aye Kevin, just ordered a nut whacker (ouch..) - only cheap (around £8.50 posted) and a lot of people swear by it so will see if this works.

 

[StinkBomber]

12.10.2015

Got a 5 foot steel tube from work and decided to have another go of getting the castle nut off......

Ah well, end of that plan.

Yup, that's on pretty tight! :shock:

A similar / reverse method can be used in to make sure your flywheel gland nut is on tight enough. Better than a torque wrench :lol:

 

[gninnam]

Yup, that's on pretty tight! :shock:

A similar / reverse method can be used in to make sure your flywheel gland nut is on tight enough. Better than a torque wrench :lol:

SNAP :lol:

Let's see how the 'Whacker' works out getting the nut off.

 

[gvee]

I broke two 1/2" bars doing mine on the old van. Borrowed a 3/4" bar (well over a metre long) and socket from a local, friendly garage and popped it in no time at all.

Another tip is to support the pivoting point under an axle stand or jack so that you get a more direct/straight torque.

Good luck dude!

 

[kevinhall]

just ordered a nut whacker.

Ooof, sounds painful :lol:

 

[gninnam]

I broke two 1/2" bars doing mine on the old van. Borrowed a 3/4" bar (well over a metre long) and socket from a local, friendly garage and popped it in no time at all.

Another tip is to support the pivoting point under an axle stand or jack so that you get a more direct/straight torque.

Good luck dude!

I think a 3/4" bar should do it - but see how the nut whacker works

just ordered a nut whacker.

Ooof, sounds painful :lol:

:roll: always one

 

[gninnam]

Whacker tool arrived today so got to use it.................























It works

Need to buy a new breaker bar then off we go again

 

[gas1man]

Success well done
Took a fair amount of persuasion, hope the other side is easier.
Seems the right tool for the right job hey!!

J & P

 

[gninnam]

Success well done
Took a fair amount of persuasion, hope the other side is easier.
Seems the right tool for the right job hey!!

J & P

Cheers - other side took a similar amount of effort but not to bad at all (put a thick piece of wood between the tool and the wheel when hitting it otherwise the tool bounces about and becomes harder to hit - hope that made sense!!)

Definitely the right tool for the job

 

[kevinhall]

Good effort Andy

 

[cunning plan]

Need to buy a new breaker bar then off we go again

I have a Halfords Pro breaker bar, it is more expensive, but if it breaks, Halfords will replace it for free.

It has been good so far!

Keep it going chap! arty0021:

 

[gninnam]

Need to buy a new breaker bar then off we go again

I have a Halfords Pro breaker bar, it is more expensive, but if it breaks, Halfords will replace it for free.

It has been good so far!

Keep it going chap! arty0021:

Bought one last night from my local motor factors and seems reasonable quality (was working last night in the dark on the van undoing all the bolts on the offside hub)
But, noticed that my original breaker bar is a Halfords one so might take it to them and see if anything can be done (probably not!)

 

[gninnam]

Good effort Andy

Thanks Kevin
Going to be harder now with failing light and the weather getting colder/wetter....

 

[cunning plan]

my original breaker bar is a Halfords one so might take it to them and see if anything can be done (probably not!)

If it is not a 'Pro' version, they will not replace it. It needs to be from the 'Halfords Pro' range

 

[gninnam]

Good call - can't remember if it was a 'pro' version or not.
Will have a look at the weekend as away from home until then.

 

[gninnam]

24.10.2015

Got both the spring plates off today (but the torsion bars are stuck fast so doused currently in penetration oil)!

View of the nearside without the spring plate.

Offside view

Offside spring plate hole is really badly rusted so will need a repair of some sort.

A view of the nearside spring plate hole

Nearside with the handbrake cable removed

Offside view also minus the handbrake cable

Started scraping off the under seal - no pics of that yet, but not enjoying this bit but needs to be done.

 

[cunning plan]

24.10.2015

Got both the spring plates off today (but the torsion bars are stuck fast so doused currently in penetration oil)!

Mine were exactly the same.

I tried heating, penetrating spray, hitting with larger and larger hammers, shouting at them, quietly crying and talking to them in a reasonable manor, but nothing worked, they were corroded together. I had to carefully cut the spring-plate off the torsion bar, being careful not to cut into the splines. As I was replacing the spring-plates with Adjustable-lowering ones, it seemed like an acceptable option