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Old 07-11-13, 07:40
Darrin Wright Darrin Wright is offline
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Dale, those 2 bolts come up from underneath and are threaded into the suspension station arm. They cannot have nuts on them as that would interfere with the brake rod.

If the suspension station arm threads are damage, you can:
try and tidy up the threads with a thread tap,
leave the bolts out, or
heli-coil the threads.
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Old 07-11-13, 10:39
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Thanks Darrin . I'll have a close look tomorrow never thought about that . Dale
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Old 10-11-13, 02:03
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Double station all back together . Thanks Colin for the tips , this was the scariest job so far lots of sweat on the brow on the day the springs went back in . My newly rubbered wheel will be back tomorrow ... Dale



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Old 10-11-13, 09:30
Lew Skelton Lew Skelton is offline
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Hi Dale, I can vouch that working on the springs is definatly the gift that keeps on giving when doing it without a rattle gun.....
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Old 11-11-13, 04:29
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Wheels are back from Big tyre .. They look fantastic .. can some-one tell me the tap thread size for the grease nipple holes in the wheels ? Dale




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Old 11-11-13, 07:21
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
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Thread is 1/8" BSP (eighth gas), but check first, in case I mis-lead you.
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Old 11-11-13, 23:45
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Spot on Lynn . Threads are cleaned out , found one at my local shop, good price $8.40 . Four wheels primed today took longer then I thought , lots of hard to get to places . Ready for bearings and the green paint by the end of the week .. Dale



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