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RE: Clutch repair - David Cochrane - 04-04-2021
It is seldom that I dare to disagree with our esteemed Chairman, but talk of 3 foot bars worries me. Surely standing on a 1 foot bar will give a torque setting of your weight in ft.lbs? For example, me at 11 stone (I wish) standing on my 1 foot socket set bar will torque the nut to 154 ft.lbs.
The important thing is not to fit the split pin, think "job done" and then ignore it. I suggest that the halfshaft nuts (and BTW, the kingpin cotter nuts) should be regarded as 'service items' i.e. every time you go round the car with a grease gun then these nuts should be checked. In my experience of trialling (a fairly severe test of a back axle) the nuts could be done up a bit further a few times, but I haven't been able to move them any more for several years. If you keep checking them, then (IMHO) you don't need to fit the split pins.
RE: Clutch repair - Ruairidh Dunford - 04-04-2021
There is no need to be worried in any way - a three foot bar is absolutely the correct thing to use, in this application, David.
RE: Clutch repair - Steve kay - 04-04-2021
Now David, if working on one’s 356 Porsche or Simca Gordini, should the length of the bar not be a metre, rather than this Porridgey three foot stuff?
RE: Clutch repair - AustinWood - 04-04-2021
Pullers always appreciate some assistance with a hammer. Trying to shift things using the bolt alone applies very large forces. Do the bolt up tight then hit it firmly with a hammer straight on the head. The impulse from the shock frees things.
RE: Clutch repair - David Cochrane - 04-04-2021
Steve - we are not working on a 356 Porsche or Simca Gordini, we're working on Austin Sevens! So the length of the bar should definitely be specified in feet.