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Harry

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:26 pm

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MrBSI wrote:

Harry wrote:

Well now I have broke my 4lbs hammer Sad

Estwing make the best hammers if your looking for a replacement & want quality Wink

Cheers I probably will, afterall it was my dads I think owe him a whole new toolbox Laughing

Ape

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:37 pm

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No-one's mentioned heating it up yet. May be worth getting a small torch from B&Q and letting a little fire loose on the casting to free it up in the past. It's worked for me in the past


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Harry

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:44 pm

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I use to have a small one but even though it looked the business it couldn't heat up my other 206's hub hot enough, have a friend with welding equipment I could try and give it a shot there. Just worried about damaging the brake lines etc

NorthantsBen

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:49 pm

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I put a b&q mini blow torch thing on them sometimes, heating up while hitting, sometimes hold it on fOr ages, most of the time it goes, Worse one I ever had was a 180 one funny enoth lol


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Harry

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:09 pm

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I could do that myself, just to clarify the bars can be hit out either way? that way I could loosen it up first and hit the opposite way then back again.

mattymj

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:30 pm

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I had to heat mine to get them out, needed to re-tap the threat after as it got damaged from all the violence hehe

Harry

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:38 pm

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Yeah my thread is completely messed up

Addaz

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:49 pm

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Heat is good, but get a big sledge If you have a spare torsion bar that works well


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Seabook

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:40 pm

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Harry wrote:

I could do that myself, just to clarify the bars can be hit out either way? that way I could loosen it up first and hit the opposite way then back again.

yes,

you knock the bar out whatever way you want.

but if you want to take the whole bar out then you will have to hit it the way that addaz stated before


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-RAJ-

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:18 am

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you make any progress on this mate? i tried mine today and im in exactly the same situation. top bar came out no problem but the bottom bar wont even move on the drivers side, when hitting from the passenger side it just pushes the whole arm on the drivers.

tried hitting it from drivers to passenger too but no movement, also tried heating and was really giving it some when hitting and didnt even move a mm.

i think next step for me is sledge hammer...:(

Seabook

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:28 am

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sledge hammer will just damage the thread of the bars.


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-RAJ-

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:35 am

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to prevent damage i put the torx bolt back in loose and used a 16mm socket that went over the bolt and hit the socket with an extension bar on it my thinking was bigger hammer more power

Seabook

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:38 am

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o. sorry, my bad, for some reason i saw sliding hammer ya i use 7lb hammer to knock out the whole arm


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-RAJ-

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:44 am

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yh im only using a 4lb, i got really happy that the top bar came out 1st time, didnt think the 2nd would be this hard, mines a 2006 as well

Harry

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:44 am

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-RAJ- wrote:

Yeah I got it done but instead I accepted the torsion bar wasn't moving out the arm so hit the arm just far enough for the other end of the torsion bar to be dragged out of the axle. I then jacked it up to the desired height, hit the arm (wasn't easy to get accurate) and then just adjusted the other side to match.

After all this (and hitting the whole arm out hitting the torsion bar) it still hasn't moved a mm, absolute b*****d. Really cba to adjust the height again because of it Laughing

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