02-10-2017, 11:12 AM
Last night (Sunday) thought I would drop the beam off the car ready to fit a replacement. Everything unbolted rather well though it is a joy to work on something you’ve had apart in the past and greased up. Had in my head that I would pull the beam apart at some point so looked at pulling the ARB out (could I find an XUD head bolt…could I heck) managed with something else though. Then carried on and cleaned out the eccentric washers and got them removed.
So with only the torsion bars to remove I screwed the slide hammer in and gave it a few taps and it started to move. Reckon both sides only need about half a dozen taps and the arms were free.
One bar is stuck in the trailing arm still and one bottom shock bolt, so will just need a bit of heat on that.
O/S is like new
N/S outside bearing is knackered – well none existent (was the squeaky side)
Not cleaned anything up yet but probably still need to change beam completely.
So with only the torsion bars to remove I screwed the slide hammer in and gave it a few taps and it started to move. Reckon both sides only need about half a dozen taps and the arms were free.
One bar is stuck in the trailing arm still and one bottom shock bolt, so will just need a bit of heat on that.
O/S is like new
N/S outside bearing is knackered – well none existent (was the squeaky side)
Not cleaned anything up yet but probably still need to change beam completely.