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davist(at)xsinet.co.za
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:25 am Post subject: Stuck main wheels

Today I fitted the main wheels to the axle on  my -7.  The left went on and off no problem, however the right went on ok  but would not come off, no matter how much tugging and thumping. It seems  as tho the bearing is catching on the threads.  Gets so far but will not  budge any further ( with the spacer there is about 1/4" of thread showing)   The disturbing part is that it comes fairly easily to this point, then  there is a definate "clunk" (like hitting a stop).  I have tried putting on  the nut and tightening it all up, hoping that it might re-align the bearing but  to no avail.  Nut goes on smoothly, shaft was sanded and greased  beforehand.  The cotter pin hole has not been drilled.  Quite a  mystery!  

  

 Will undo the circlip tomorrow and try and coax the  bearing out but if anyone has any better ideas I would appreciate hearing  them.

  

 Thanks

  

 Trevor Davis - South  Africa   

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walter(at)tondu.com
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:53 am Post subject: Stuck main wheels

On 06/12  9:23, Trevor wrote:



 >    Today I fitted the main wheels to the axle on my -7.  The left went on and

 >    off no problem, however the right went on ok but would not come off, no

 >    matter how much tugging and thumping. It seems as tho the bearing is

 >    catching on the threads.  Gets so far but will not budge any further (

 >    with the spacer there is about 1/4" of thread showing)  The disturbing

 >    part is that it comes fairly easily to this point, then there is a

 >    definate "clunk" (like hitting a stop).  I have tried putting on the nut

 >    and tightening it all up, hoping that it might re-align the bearing but to

 >    no avail.  Nut goes on smoothly, shaft was sanded and greased beforehand. 

 >    The cotter pin hole has not been drilled.  Quite a mystery!  

 >     

 >    Will undo the circlip tomorrow and try and coax the bearing out but if

 >    anyone has any better ideas I would appreciate hearing them.

     

Hi Trevor,



Mine was a bit tight as well and did get stuck (both).  My solution was

to slightly hone the axle with a scotch-brite pad until they went on

smoothly.  There may be specs of powder coating on the shaft as well

keeping it from sliding on all the way.



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davist(at)xsinet.co.za
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: Stuck main wheels

Thanks Walter - Thats exactly what I did after removing the bearing by 

placing the wheel between two supports and using the rivet gun on the axle 

to coax it off!   The perplexing part was that I scotch-brited the axle the 

first time - obviously not enough - and the bearings fitted ok on the shaft 

when tested.  I did find afterwards that the outer bearing had a smaller 

diameter than the inner!!!

Subject: Re: Stuck main wheels

 	  Quote: 	

 On 06/12  9:23, Trevor wrote:

 >    Today I fitted the main wheels to the axle on my -7.  The left went 

 > on and

 >    off no problem, however the right went on ok but would not come off, 

 > no

 >    matter how much tugging and thumping.> Hi Trevor,

 Mine was a bit tight as well and did get stuck (both).  My solution was

 to slightly hone the axle with a scotch-brite pad until they went on

 smoothly.  There may be specs of powder coating on the shaft as well

 keeping it from sliding on all the way.

 -- 

 Walter Tondu

 http://www.rv7-a.com - Flying!

 http://www.evorocket.com - Building

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