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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: nickW on May 03, 2006, 16:25:08

Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: nickW on May 03, 2006, 16:25:08: looking in the haynes manual it says to set the swivel pin bearings using a spring balance, well i haven't got a spring balance so is there a way of setting it by feel

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Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Henry Webster on May 03, 2006, 16:42:28: You can, but its difficult t describe and comes with experience. Spring balances are pretty cheap from a fishing tackle shop and if you keep with LRs you'll need it more than once!

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Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: nickW on May 03, 2006, 17:47:04: well is it loose or should there be some resistance
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Henry Webster on May 03, 2006, 17:55:04: Shouldn't be loose, shouldn't be too much resistance. :roll: See what I mean?!

I think the manual says that you need about 1.3-1.6 kgs of pull. Difficult to judge if you've never done one before and it makes a huge difference to the way the vehicle behaves. This set up has a large bearing on steering shake.

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Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Range Rover Blues on May 03, 2006, 19:21:05: IIRC the swivel seal makes quite a bit of difference, without it it's a matter of a few LBs (I seem to remeber it's about the same as a pint of water, maybe justy over).

You can do it with a weight on a string running over a pulley, but the spring balance is best.
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: nickW on May 03, 2006, 20:34:57: RRB i just tried weighting a bag of bolts then rigging up a pulley, i think i need some more shims as i have put new swivel bearings in, hopefully someone at work will have a spring balance i can borrow
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Budgie on May 04, 2006, 01:57:05: Make sure of the weight as adding more shims will loosen the swivel, take them out to tighten it! :wink:
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: nickW on May 04, 2006, 09:09:19: cheers budgie, i have stuck new bearings in so thats why it probably needs more shims to loosen it, im ogoing to get hold of a spring balance anyway and do it properly, i found out the my metal brake pipes need replacing now, when will this ever end.
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Budgie on May 04, 2006, 16:22:24: It's a Land Rover Nick, it never ends!! :lol:
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: nickW on May 04, 2006, 16:31:48: i now have a spring balance in my hand, although in this weather id rather it was a pint of beer
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Henry Webster on May 04, 2006, 16:31:51: Just what I was going to say!

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Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Henry Webster on May 04, 2006, 16:32:09: Just what I was going to say!

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Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: nickW on May 04, 2006, 16:32:30: did you mean the beer or it never ending 8)
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Skywalker on May 04, 2006, 16:34:50: Quote from: "nickW"
did you mean the beer or it never ending 8)

Probably both :D

Dave
Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Henry Webster on May 04, 2006, 16:35:13: I meant the never ending - but only meant to say it once. Now, the beer sounds like a good idea!

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Title: setting swivel pin bearings
Post by: Budgie on May 04, 2006, 16:45:28: It was such a good comment Henry it deserves to be said twice!! :D

Just to cheer you up Nick, it's just stopped raining up here, we've got total cloud cover and I'm on nights! :wink: