| Removing a spindle - great method [message #282462] |
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Matt Colie
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Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
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Removing a spindle from a bogie arm can be a bear. Yes, they are supposed to be a slip flip. I got news. When they are forty years old and corroded, they aren't that easy to get loose.
Where I am stuck today, Josh fought to get the spindle out of my trailing arm for about three hours. He fought with the parts coach for about an hour and then cam up with the plan...
He got out, a couple of SBC (small block Chevy) head bolts, a damper puller and a 7/16 course tap. He tapped two of the holes for the spindle retaining bolts and put the head bolts in there through the damper puller. Then he started cranking on the damper puller and the spindle came out. He did have to get the shock loose to get a straight shot at the back side of the arm.
What a great thing to know...
Too bad I had crashed by then or I would have taken pictures. I may still make up some and post them when we get back home.
This is all going on at Unique Automotive Service in North Little Rock AR. The proprietor is Darrel James and this current wizard is one Joshua Sharp. Josh is a GMC owner, but has been working too much to get it on the road.
We need to get them on a list somewhere.
Matt - Still hoping to get rolling soon.
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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