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#1 Easy inner fulcrum shaft seal installation
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:57 am
by abowie
I used some clingfilm wrapped around the seal pieces to hold them in place. Worked a treat.
Pity I can't actually work out how to get the picture on Flickr to show here.
#2 Re: Easy inner fulcrum shaft seal installation
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:16 pm
by 288gto
Interesting idea Andrew.
Presumably you then pushed the fulcrum shaft through the thin cling film. Did the rest of the cling film come out easily enough next to fulcrum mounts?
I used sticky red grease and glued them in place but even then it was tricky despite using a dummy shaft to align it all.
Simon
#3 Re: Easy inner fulcrum shaft seal installation
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:19 pm
by abowie
288gto wrote:Interesting idea Andrew.
Presumably you then pushed the fulcrum shaft through the thin cling film. Did the rest of the cling film come out easily enough next to fulcrum mounts?
Simon
Exactly right. Getting the leftovers out wasn't too difficult.
#4 Re: Easy inner fulcrum shaft seal installation
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 12:55 am
by 288gto
Brilliant.
I'll add to the top tips on IRS refurbs by saying use a pair of reversible sash clamps to spread the cage slightly to ease getting the wishbones in.
Use standard unf nuts on the fulcrum shafts and drive shafts rather than nylocs and philidas nuts until you are happy everything is shimmed up and lined up. A lot easier to undo if you have to pull it all apart again.
Simon