2000 Redframe on deck

[Pressureangle]

1 minute ago, docc said:

Wuzzat?

 

[docc]

That is badass!   

[Pressureangle]

3 minutes ago, docc said:

That is badass!   

It'll be kind to the gear and race I need off, and I have enough rusty iron ore around to repair that I'll save it back in hours, skinned knuckles, breaking heads and drilling threads. 

[gstallons]

Just about the time it starts to turn red , you take the gun away and off it comes . I have used one at work and it works better than you can ever imagine. 

[Pressureangle]

6 hours ago, gstallons said:

Just about the time it starts to turn red , you take the gun away and off it comes . I have used one at work and it works better than you can ever imagine. 

By the book, bearing steel shouldn't be heated past about 230*F, but I've never had one fail from overheating it...not even in my stupid acetylene torch youth. Usually they fall off pretty quick if everything's clean. On stuck/rusty fasteners, yeah hotter is gooder. 

[Pressureangle]

So the compensator shaft wasn't too hard to disassemble- I promise reassembly will happen on a proper shop press lol

not snap ring, but two very sturdy half moon retainers. 

@Docc, you mentioned a recall on this shaft? What am I looking for?

 

Edited June 7 by Pressureangle

[docc]

It seems the metal parts of the drive were improperly heat treated along with the "sliding dogs."

Not sure how to know if the parts have been replaced. Yet, Dave Blue said this one had been done?

Let me scare up a copy of the recall and (maybe) a link to the parts kit . . .

[Pressureangle]

41 minutes ago, docc said:

It seems the metal parts of the drive were improperly heat treated along with the "sliding dogs."

Not sure how to know if the parts have been replaced. Yet, Dave Blue said this one had been done?

Let me scare up a copy of the recall and (maybe) a link to the parts kit . . .

With +60k miles on it, likely it's been done or doesn't need it...the sliders were done by Dave Blue, not clear whether you meant there's something else to consider?

[Lucky Phil]

5 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

So the compensator shaft wasn't too hard to disassemble- I promise reassembly will happen on a proper shop press lol

not snap ring, but two very sturdy half moon retainers. 

@Docc, you mentioned a recall on this shaft? What am I looking for?

 

Love the press, ingenious. I've got a kit in the workshop I'll take a look but I think the update is new cams on the shock absorber.

Phil

 

Edit. Kit contents.

Edited June 7 by Lucky Phil

[docc]

Transmission recall notice:

https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=9199

[Pressureangle]

2 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

Love the press, ingenious. I've got a kit in the workshop I'll take a look but I think the update is new cams on the shock absorber.

Phil

 

Edit. Kit contents.

Perfect. Since Dave Blue did the recall, I have to assume that the compensator has been changed as it's part of the kit. 

Next up; bearing race off and wait for bearing. $9 from Harpers, but a pre-order. $46 including shipping from Quality Bearings Online to have it Wednesday. 
Gotta get the injectors out to send away Monday.

[gstallons]

21 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

By the book, bearing steel shouldn't be heated past about 230*F, but I've never had one fail from overheating it...not even in my stupid acetylene torch youth. Usually they fall off pretty quick if everything's clean. On stuck/rusty fasteners, yeah hotter is gooder. 

IDK what other reasons were discussed for using this BUT I would use this strictly for loosening bolts/nuts , etc.  

[Pressureangle]

5 minutes ago, gstallons said:

IDK what other reasons were discussed for using this BUT I would use this strictly for loosening bolts/nuts , etc.  

It's for removing the pressed-on bearing race from the end of the shaft. I could have made do with even the butane torch, but this heats consistently and controllably. I'll check with the temp gun until it's at temp and knock it off if it doesn't fall. 
But I do have a driveway full of '90s pickup trucks that need suspension work too. 

[gstallons]

Hmmmm. I would be concerned about the temp or temper of a bearing part unless you were discarding it. 

[Pressureangle]

Hard to believe this much trash can accumulate unless it's had a new clutch already...frictions are ok thickness, except the forward-facing surface (engine side) of one plate is noticeably thinner than the rest. I thought the flywheel had serious grooves until I poked at it. It's in good shape, but needs a thorough cleaning. The pressure plate is a little dished, and the center steel is slightly warped and dished. Meh. I'll price the parts, then maybe we'll see exactly what it takes to install the RAM clutch in a 6 speed.