- Joined
- Jul 18, 2020
- Points
- 123
- Location
- Portchester, Fareham
- Model of Z
- 1998 BMW Z3 Individual 1.9 M44 B19
right.... another weekend, more garage time....... well for starters the Peugeot passed it's MoT.... so that's one less worry
right..... *rubs hands*...... driveshafts....
Started off with brake cleaner and a small screwdriver to clean the grooves out.... then a liberal coating of copper grease
Those of you that remember the nightmare of me trying to get the driveshafts out 2 years ago !..... well it was time to revisit my nemesis.
The damage is the result of me heating, hammering with a punch; hammering with a cold chisel; punching it; kicking it; swearing at it...doing everything to get the nut off as I had rounded it off... eventually I managed to drill it into several bits with a Dremel carbide bit.
You may think that's too far gone and I should just by a new hub......... but... oh no... this won't defeat me...
knocked the high spots off with a Dremel rough drum
that took care of the proud bits of "mushrooming" metal... now for the grooves
for this I used a carbide bit on the Dremel, to drill out the grooves..
started out like a WWI crater in the Somme
but with the Dremel bit... I ended up forming new grooves
and to my eternal relief.... they're both in !!!.... nuts are only there so as not to lose them... yes I have the anti rattle washers so will put those on an torque up another day
but here we are ... all back together with zinc plated bolts and brackets
apologies for the sawdust..... had to make more modifications to the trolley !!
right..... *rubs hands*...... driveshafts....
Started off with brake cleaner and a small screwdriver to clean the grooves out.... then a liberal coating of copper grease
Those of you that remember the nightmare of me trying to get the driveshafts out 2 years ago !..... well it was time to revisit my nemesis.
The damage is the result of me heating, hammering with a punch; hammering with a cold chisel; punching it; kicking it; swearing at it...doing everything to get the nut off as I had rounded it off... eventually I managed to drill it into several bits with a Dremel carbide bit.
You may think that's too far gone and I should just by a new hub......... but... oh no... this won't defeat me...
knocked the high spots off with a Dremel rough drum
that took care of the proud bits of "mushrooming" metal... now for the grooves
for this I used a carbide bit on the Dremel, to drill out the grooves..
started out like a WWI crater in the Somme
but with the Dremel bit... I ended up forming new grooves
and to my eternal relief.... they're both in !!!.... nuts are only there so as not to lose them... yes I have the anti rattle washers so will put those on an torque up another day
but here we are ... all back together with zinc plated bolts and brackets
apologies for the sawdust..... had to make more modifications to the trolley !!
