nick 3 Posted October 12, 2006 I stripped my 309 beam last night ready for lowering. I heated the torsion bar housing and belted the arm a few times, the bar came out quite easily to my suprise but I then noticed that the trailing arm shaft had moved about 1/2 an inch. As the shaft has a few ridges on the top bearing surface (I should replace it but I'm tight!) I thought I'd heat it some more and pull it out and turn it 180 degrees. After a bit of heating/hammering it plopped out, so I turned it round and heated/hammered it back in. So it is possible to change the shafts at home with just a domestic blow torch and a big hammer, no need for 20 tonne presses at all!! Nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,657 Posted October 12, 2006 cool! one thing though, it will now be a looser fit in the arm due to the wear by the bearings! shouldnt be a major problem if you pin it tho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nick 3 Posted October 12, 2006 Not sure what you mean by pinning it?? The bearings are new and the shaft had minimal wear with no play whatsoever, I thought I might as well turn it round while it was out. Nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
