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Old 28-05-07, 14:22
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The second side kinda went better then the first. I knew to not bother trying to push out the spindle while the unit was mounted to the hull. Once I got the unit removed I could attackt it from all sides. The chop saw blade didn't want to cut through as much as before and I had to resort to the hacksaw. Once I got the wheel out both remaining ends of the spindels would not budge. It just took many swings of the sledge hammer to get them to move. I had a couple of scary moments when the end flew off the hammer and I couldn't find where it had been launched to. I definatly kept one eye up.

The only thing that made it easier was the fact that I knew the steps I had to take to get it done. Oh, I also had to replace one of the bushings.
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