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30-01-11, 08:28
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thanks Guys. Thats very useful picture. Thats a job my my father who loves doing this sort of thing on the lathe.
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30-01-11, 11:29
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Thats a Eureka moment!
Got up early this morning and welded the spring compressor together. Its perfect, it is simply not worth attempting without one of these and really so easy to make. Thanks for the help guys.
Lynn what do you think the cups with in the spring locaters are made of? On the T16 they are riveted in and look like they are steel or brass or something like that. Someone told me they are leather but they dont look like it. I am going to clean these suspension units by hand as I dont want to take out all the bushes which would be destroyed by sand blasting so no need to distrub the cups anyway.
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30-01-11, 12:58
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A 'senior moment' Lynn. I had just been dealing with a fellow named Lloyd elsewhere. It was only there for a few minutes and I hoped no one would notice.
I wasn't having a go at you by the way. Just trying to be helpful. David
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30-01-11, 16:39
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Andrew i have seen the cups made from an asbestos composite....so be careful dude
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30-01-11, 16:51
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I will take care thanks Richard. Is there a consensus on whether the ball (male) should be painted or bare metal with grease applied?
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30-01-11, 20:53
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Andrew
Definately bare metal, and no lube. Paint what you see, up to the ball part.
To sand blast the housings, a large bolt (threaded rod) and some big washers to go against the end of the bushes will do the job. David, I only knew you'd called me Lloyd, because the system sends me an email, of your original post. I've been called a lot worse in the past. 
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05-02-11, 18:51
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Good and bad today
On the plus side I have cleaned and painted the first suspension unit, on the minus I have discovered one of the internal rear suspension springs has broken. On the T16 the rear bogie has smaller springs inside the standard springs and it is one of these that has snapped. I guess my chance of getting one of these is pretty slim, unless anyone can help me, is it possible to weld springs? I sort of assume its an impossibilty and it may well break again. Thoughts please? thx Andrew
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