SwerveMonkey
Well-Known Member
Intermediate steering shaft was stuck
the shaft was frozen and excitedly i just spray painted it before realizing it was collapsible.
i took time to find others had the same issue
[edit to add posts later for reference]
However, I did not have such tools available and I drew from the school of ghetto/redneck engineering, LoL.
used the dolly i made earlier to be the span, and connected a couple pulleys from a bike rack kit i had laying around
initially i was not sure hot the rig would hold up... but then i thought to hold the rig up... ha ha.
with a lot of patience... i had a food torch to work with and plenty of butane fuel,
I scraped off the high heat paint and went to town on the lower shaft
every now and then adding PB Blaster to the top of it to ensure that it was penetrating the interior.
with a lots of patience and a good helping of whacking the thing with a hammer wrench combo i was able to loosen the thing and get it to separate
[will add new post to show process for cleaning]
the shaft was frozen and excitedly i just spray painted it before realizing it was collapsible.
i took time to find others had the same issue
[edit to add posts later for reference]
However, I did not have such tools available and I drew from the school of ghetto/redneck engineering, LoL.
used the dolly i made earlier to be the span, and connected a couple pulleys from a bike rack kit i had laying around
initially i was not sure hot the rig would hold up... but then i thought to hold the rig up... ha ha.
with a lot of patience... i had a food torch to work with and plenty of butane fuel,
I scraped off the high heat paint and went to town on the lower shaft
every now and then adding PB Blaster to the top of it to ensure that it was penetrating the interior.
with a lots of patience and a good helping of whacking the thing with a hammer wrench combo i was able to loosen the thing and get it to separate
[will add new post to show process for cleaning]
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