Yay for the MOT man!

Hi Dom

Er, it might be easier for you to swop the jobs. When my bloke-wot-spannners did the A frame ball joint on the blue RR he described it as involving putting the relevant parts in his biggest press (20 tonne IIRC), setting it doing whatever hydraulic presses do and hiding next door! The noise of the joint going home is awesome!

Good news on the almost-pass tho'

Now you are not going to believe the next bit: spent last Saturday looking at Sarre and various bits around St Margarets Bay with Bob C.

TTFN

Richard

It's not that bad. I managed to do mine with a suitable drift, (stout tube IIRC) _big_ vice and a short shaft sledge hammer. If however you're not used to 'dock yard' engineering then I'd suggest you find yourself a press.

BTW, mine was well knackered and replacement just about stopped all the clunking in the drivetrain. That was especially good news because AIUI the clunking could have been due to spline wear in the gearbox. [1]

Julian [1] touching wood.

Why did i read that as 'yay for the HOT man' !!!

Blimey, first of all you come over all polite, and now you're seeing hot men! You'll be buying yourself a Suzuki Vitara next...

The end off a Series axle tube makes a very good tool for pressing in. Make sure hole is burr-free, and keep the bolt holes lined up. A big vice with plenty of grease should do the job ok.

Richard

Many thanks for your replys chaps.....

I've got access to a big ish press, so hopefully this wont be a problem. I'll give the 'dockyard engineering' style a go though!.

Dom J