Dummie’s guide to carrier steering and brake adjustment please

[colin jones]

Hi Darryl, I know too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth but if it were me, I would disconnect both clevis's from the steering column then using mutigrips or similar, unscrew the entire rods out of the cam end. This will leave only the clevis there. Then providing you can remove all the bolts underneath the cam assembly, you should be able to remove the cam plate quite easily. It may be useful to losen the cam followers using the escentric bolts, then readjust after replacement and servicing. If the bearings are shot you can buy them off the shelf. I can give you the modernday bearing numbers if required.
regards
colin.

[ron]

Hi Darryl
There are 12 bolts holding the cam plate in position attached to the underside of the carrier, if you do as Colin suggests regarding the rods, and as Lyn says regarding tilting the back of the plate downwards on its rear end it will slide out, I knew what I was trying to say but guess that it did not come out the way that I wanted it too,thanks fellows this is what our hobby is all about,and thats sharing information,
Regard Ron

[colin jones]

Darryl here's an example.

[colin jones]

As you can see, I welded my pins in to stop any interference or fouling after its all back together. but the principal is still the same.
Colin.

[Big D]

Colin/Ron/Lynn,

Sorry about the delay in coming back to you. Have been at Waiouru watching one of my boys graduate from army basic training.

Thanks for the replies. Will try your suggestions today and let you know how I get on.

Cheers

Darryl

[Big D]

Gidday again gents,

I've quickly ground to a halt again.

As I feared, my problem now is in removing the 12 bolts that hold the camplate inspection plate. Only half of them have threads tapped into the hull plate and the rest are secured by a nut which is of course inaccessible!

None of the nuts appear to be spotwelded to the hull and are simply fitted to the bolts so as soon as I start turning the bolt the nut starts moving with it.

I can access 3 of the nuts from the right rear crew area but the others are tucked away to the left and front and are simply not reachable.

I guess it is possible that with a bit of leverage on each bolt I could get enough pressure on each nut to undo the bolt and get it right out. I may end up in a position though where I can't get all the bolts out and in the meantime I have some loose nuts and washers floating around the hull. My worry then would be that I would have to resort to cutting off the bolt heads to finish the job.

I think I might just have to consider admitting defeat here and 'leaving well enough alone'.

What I might explore now is to get a tool in from the drivers area to grind off a little piece of the hull plate or the underside of the left side clevis to give the necessary clearance.

Any other thoughts at this stage?

Cheers

Darryl

[Lynn Eades]

Do it! Get the thing out. If you cant slide a spanner in, onto the nuts, then what about a pair of vice grips. If thats no good then do grind the heads off of the bolts. (as long as they have a nut on the top)
There are a couple of locating dowels there some where. If you get it out, you can fix it properly.