Suspension dismantling - balls and shafts

mkc2862 · #1 01-07-10, 09:02

Hi Alex, guys,

I appreciate the costs involved Alex and I thought that would be the prohibitive thing. I work in a workshop which has a CNC lathe and as I was reading this post about cutting the rods etc I thought how easy it would be to knock some up on the 'NC at work. Of course doing 'foreigners' is frowned upon at work, but sometimes we get away with it

Having a carrier or any other sort of wartime vehicle is out of the question for me at the moment and the froreseeable future - no money, no room, no time. I keep myself amused by collecting drawings and pictures of things I'd like to have or make. Oneday, I might even do something.

Incidentally, there was a carrier here less than a K away for sale some years ago. At the time the bloke wanted $12K for it. I don't know where it ended up.

Enjoying your photo's and conversations on these restorations.

Cheers,

Michael

cantankrs · #2 01-07-10, 12:42

Hi Michael,

If I won a big Lotto, a CNC lathe would really be somewhere on the list!

Regards

Alex

cantankrs · #3 02-07-10, 11:56

Dad tried to cut one of his oxy'd shafts in the power hacksaw across the collar that the centre spring retainers bear against (to check if it was a sleeve) and it just rubbed back and forth with NO cut progress.

When he tried to part a bit of rod off from one of the ball/cones in the lathe it took the tip off the parting tool.

So he cut through the collar with a cut off wheel and found that it's definitely a sleeve as you can see the join but as to how it's fastened he's not sure. He didn't find a cross pin, nor bronze. He concedes that it was in the dark so possibly he may have ground away the pin with the width of the disc..

He wonders what process they used to heat treat these? The parting tool got under the surface of the rod O. K. but had trouble further in. Maybe some sort of spring steel? They were made of good stuff!

Regards

Alex

cantankrs · #4 24-07-10, 05:56

Hi,

Anyone able to post some pics of the tool mentioned by David in his post above?

Thanks

Alex

colin jones · #5 24-07-10, 08:05

Hello everyone, I asume this is the tool dave is talking about.
Colin.

David Ellery · #6 24-07-10, 09:51

Yep thats the tool, simple and effective. As Rob Beale posted about this tool earlier, if your using Brit/Canadian rods you can machine the inner workings to suit the different threads .Australian part number 317. David.

John Mackie · #7 26-07-10, 07:33

I know how hard rusted bits can be to dismantle.Iwas relitively lucky with my carrier, although I have a bogie axle I cant move!! Regarding replacing the spring units I used a Ford tool which was used instead of the pinion yoke when seting up the diff. It is similar to the one shewn except it has a lefthand thread on the loose nut. it worked ok for me. I have some rods, balls and springs left over that may be helpfull. John.