Indymike
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 01:36 PM |
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My hub won't fit
B*gger (in the best Chrismas spirit of course!),
Just spent most of my morning trying to fit my front (Sierra) hubs. One went on fine, but the other one just won't fit over the tapered end of
the bottom ball joint. It goes in a little bit, just enough for the nut to go on, but with no threads showing. Can't be right, especially as the
one on the other sits much lower on the ball joint and the threaded part sticks out by 3 or 4 rounds.
Maybe the hub is not reamed right? Can't really go to MK to have it checked as I live in Holland. Don't really fancy going to the Dutch MK
importer, 'cause he is about 100 miles away from me. Maybe I'll atack the hub with my dremel and see if I can 'hand ream' it a
little. Or is this a bad idea??
Any suggestions are welcome!
Build manual? What build manual?
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 02:02 PM |
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Don't use the dremel to 'hand ream' it. The taper is s precision thing, you will need a real reamer with the correct taper, else you
might find it comming lose under load/vibration...
Dan
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scottc
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 02:13 PM |
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Have you tried swapping it to the other side to see if its definately the hub?
Yeah I know it will be round the wrong way......but its a test.
Edit: actually I may be being really stupid 
[Edited on 21/12/06 by scottc]
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adampage
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 posted on 21/12/06 at 03:24 PM |
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You're not stupid, are you?
You might be right, mightn't you?
If he tries both hubs on both bottom ball joints that would explain whether it's the hub or possibly the ball joint, wouldn't it?
What have I missed? Maybe I'm stupid?!
Adam.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 03:28 PM |
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Are both tapers clean and free of crud? A little bit of muck in there will make a surprising difference to what will/won't fit. Also, if
painted, remove the paint, as this can stop them fitting too. Also, any mating faces should be kept clean of paint.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
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Marcus
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 04:27 PM |
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quote:
actually I may be being really stupid
quote:
What have I missed? Maybe I'm stupid?!
Actually, you're both really stupid.
Or is it me? Damn.........
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Catpuss
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 05:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Marcus
quote:
actually I may be being really stupid
quote:
What have I missed? Maybe I'm stupid?!
Actually, you're both really stupid.
Or is it me? Damn.........
I'm stupid and so is my wife
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stevebubs
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 06:29 PM |
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Don't know where in NL you are, but how far away is Speedon? They'd probably be able to help...
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Indymike
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 08:37 PM |
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Speedon is also not too close, but I might go there for their annual end-of-year drink-and-talk-about-kitcars gettogether.
I actually thought about switching the hubs, just to see if that fits, but didn't feel like taking the other one off again and finally ran out
of time, so had to give up.
I'll try again tomorrow, make sure everything is clean and free of paint and if necessary switch the hubs. How easy should it be to pull the hub
off the bottom ball joint (once the nut is off ofcourse!)?
Build manual? What build manual?
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stevebubs
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 08:45 PM |
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So where *approximately (exactly?)* are you in Holland?
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Indymike
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 09:22 PM |
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I'm in Badhoevedorp, a small village wedged between Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport.
Build manual? What build manual?
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