Mount
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 6:40 pm
Hi folks
Changing a rear shock mount easy or hard job?
Opinions please.
Cgt75b
Changing a rear shock mount easy or hard job?
Opinions please.
Cgt75b
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Re: Mount
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 8:41 pm
If you mean the rear shock absorber it's just a matter of the two nuts, take the weight off the unit and pull it off evenly at both ends. Put some copper or normal grease on the mounting before you fit the new one.
Re: Mount
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 5:49 am
Thgink he may mean the Mount on the Casing ? if so i believe its Pressed in ? never done it myselkf but heard it can be done ?
Re: Mount
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 9:03 am
Re: Mount
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 9:59 am
Yes it does ive seen somewhere on the web how someone did it cant find it though
Re: Mount
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 1:40 pm
I had a casing mount decide to come out of it's own accord. No real damage done as I was wearing brown corduroys @ the time. (It was in the 70's)
It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.
That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.
I hope that helps
It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.
That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.
I hope that helps
Re: Mount
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 5:59 pm
Warkton Tornado No.1 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 1:40 pm I had a casing mount decide to come out of it's own accord. No real damage done as I was wearing brown corduroys @ the time. (It was in the 70's)
It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.
That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.
I hope that helps
That is nearly as much help as the first reply lol
Re: Mount
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 6:43 pm
I've just bought some brown boot cut cords.....Warkton Tornado No.1 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 1:40 pm I had a casing mount decide to come out of it's own accord. No real damage done as I was wearing brown corduroys @ the time. (It was in the 70's)
It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.
That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.
I hope that helps
Re: Mount
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 12:22 am
Am I missing the point, somehow, in expressing my opinion as requested?cgt75b wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 5:59 pmWarkton Tornado No.1 wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 1:40 pm I had a casing mount decide to come out of it's own accord. No real damage done as I was wearing brown corduroys @ the time. (It was in the 70's)
It was pressed back in far too easily, so was tapped & a big bolt fitted. We'd have probably used Loctite if the same were to occur today.
That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit & a big part of ensuring retention is the riveting of the head once fitted, though the fitting of a fastener is probably as good.
I hope that helps
That is nearly as much help as the first reply lol
"That all leads me to conclude that they are a press fit, but not a heavy interference fit"
My apologies if my opinion was not quantified, but back then, I had no access to an hydraulic press with a pressure gauge.
Jeez! You lay down & I'll fan you!
Re: Mount
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 7:00 am
Thanks for all the replies.