In the middle of swapping various steering related parts on the BX; I've got a new pinion, rack, ram and a rubber coupling. But how do I get the metal bolt part out of the old one?
It doesn't appear to be bolted in or anything!
How do I get this out of that?
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How do I get this out of that?
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Ah yes, it's the wonder coupling!
Forget it!
Get a complete unit, they aint expensive from Cit, and will save hours of "fun" trying to remove the bolts from the old unit.
Forget it!
Get a complete unit, they aint expensive from Cit, and will save hours of "fun" trying to remove the bolts from the old unit.
Smokes lots, because enough's enough already!
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Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...
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Oh joy, more delays! I'm already a day behind as ECP supplied me a rack where the female stud that the ram bolts onto has been snapped off
Cheers!
Cheers!
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I used one of these with Nylock nuts when I changed it on the GT. It does make life much harder. I fiddled for ages, and at about 3.30 AM using a magnetic under car lamp I discovered that there is a rubber grommet so that you can get access from the footwell. With the nylock nuts held from behind with a ratchet wedged somewhere and clamped in place, an allen key extention from inside the car is the way to go. To avoid any fouling, I then hacksawed off the extra bolt length from behind. It was a horrible job just before a holiday to Scotland, but I had to do it as the disk was so split that the steering could have failed at any point.
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My old one is cracked in three places, but I was told not to worry as although it won't exactly help the feel of the steering, it wouldn't fail as there is a metal band inside it keeping it together.
I bought a genuine one yesterday and it's all fitted up. £22!!
I bought a genuine one yesterday and it's all fitted up. £22!!
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