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| awemawson:
Then while I was still able to have a jack under the end of the trumpet loosened all the bolts holding the cab support on, and the trumpet to the differential housing. Just as well really as some needed quite a bit of swinging on before they loosened. Then I jacked up the cab so that its weight came off the trumpet / cab support tower and removed the cab support |
| awemawson:
Now the serious stuff starts :ddb: I removed all but the top two trumpet bolts and brought in the fork lift for a bit of moral support ! |
| awemawson:
It wasn't possible to get a strop on the trumpet at a likely balance point - it was going to drop on the inner end, so I put a baulk of timber under it and crossed my fingers, took the strain on the forklift and removed the remaining two bolts. Using the side shift on the fork lift I was able to withdraw the unit from the axle - the drive shaft protruded far more than I had expected but it came out ok in the end. |
| awemawson:
I had to take a break then as business phone calls got in the way. I'll have to devise a better way to get it back in, as the fork lift wasn't sufficiently controlled. I've placed it on my pump up trolley, and I think this is what I'll use to re-install it. I'll need to make a wooden cradle to hold it level, and it'll take a bit of maneuvering as it has to come in from the rear to avoid the cab then go towards the centre to mate the bolts up. Lucky that I modified the trolley when I got it so that all its wheels swivel! |
| vtsteam:
Yikes, what a production! Learned something already today, about the oiled paper ring when installing seals. Replaced front bearings and seals on my '51 Deere M, but that was a piece of cake by comparison. |
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