cross tube remove

[Lynn Eades]

Steve, mine was welded to the rollers and to the sides of the roller casting.
I had great difficulty as well, but manged to save my cross tube by sacrificing the roller and casting. I cut it into pieces.
The steering had been removed to use the carrier as a trailer. That's why it was welded.
Note the difference in the hole layout.
This is the pre universal carrier style which fortunately for me, was later adopted by the Australians in their LP2 carriers.
The differences being 1. used UNF thread. 2. The pin is drilled for lube to the bushes.

Arie, you should remove the cam plate (with the floor plate) first.
I found the left side casting to be more accessable to a grinder. There is still a lot of struggle involved. It would be much cheaper to freight two side roller assemblies than a cross tube. I would guess you could buy the side roller asemblies from one of the Canadian guys.

Good luck with your struggle!

[Michael R.]

Porta-power and out. Thanks to Stew Robertson.
Ensure you have the inner CTL 1623 washer off the tube, as it can be easily overlooked. If it is rusted in place it is quite effective at preventing removal of the cross tube.

[RichardT10829]

Micheal do both those washers go on the inside between the bogey and the hull wall ?

[Lynn Eades]

Richard,If I recall correctly (which may be in doubt) the bogey assembly goes between them. I would carefully check with string lines, and adjust accordingly. It must help.
I think the inner washer is thicker than the outer one.

Michael R. good pictures/info. thanks for posting.

[arie teomim]

HI ALL.
thanks you very much.
I removed out the bolt of the roller, and now my qustion is- is possible to remove the roller now? i sisnt even try, I thought it was too big to get out.
thanks arie

[Lynn Eades]

Arie, it should come out.

[RichardT10829]

As per Lynn, mine came out, you might need to get in there with a wire brush and clean off any build up that might be jamming the roller in situ.

[arie teomim]

as you can see in thw pic that Stephen posted, the casting is opened. is it modifyed??
in othe pic i see that the roller is partly covered.
arie

[arie teomim]

one things that I must point- during all of the work I doing on my carrier, I keep beeing amazed from the fact that all wheels, bougies, roller, were not stuck as I expected. I was amazesed the first time when I pulld the carrier out from the place it was in the last few decades. I tryed to tow it and... there was no problem. I could tow it easy. eaven today, I puld out the bolt of the roller easy, it was not rusted, or stuck, and came out oily.
one of the uper of the trak was missing. luckly, I found onther donor, and ther too, I was able to pull out the axle easy, and there too, it was oily and
shining like new inside.
I guss this is thanks to method of the oiling system in the carrier. the oil, unlike greas, dose not dry.
arie