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Replacing detent balls on aux. hydraulics
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<blockquote data-quote="Tazza" data-source="post: 2929" data-attributes="member: 82"><p>I managed to get it on today.</p><p>Don't even think about doing it on the machine if you don't have alot of patience, believe me! I was swearing at it ALOT, i started with 4 balls and finished with NONE. The old man had a poke around with a telescopic magnet and managed to find 3 out of 4.</p><p>I tried making a compressor out of an old pair of vice grips, but it refused to work properly. I ended up using a meduim sized cable tie, about 4-5mm wide. Don't use the big ones, as you won't be able to slide the case over to release the balls into. Use a nice amount of grease on the spring to hold the balls in place. Start the tie so its like a loop, hook it over the hole with the spring and balls in place and line it so the top ball ends up in the point thats made where the tie goes through its self. pull it down slowly and you will need to poke the ball around a bit as you tighten it up. When in place push the cover over and the tie will slide back releasing the balls, while holding it in place cut the tie off and finish pushing it forward.</p><p>Like i said, its NOT fun, but as Luthor said, its can be done! i was all set to make a split ring that i could put over and pull down with a hose clamp, thankfully i didn't need to make that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tazza, post: 2929, member: 82"] I managed to get it on today. Don't even think about doing it on the machine if you don't have alot of patience, believe me! I was swearing at it ALOT, i started with 4 balls and finished with NONE. The old man had a poke around with a telescopic magnet and managed to find 3 out of 4. I tried making a compressor out of an old pair of vice grips, but it refused to work properly. I ended up using a meduim sized cable tie, about 4-5mm wide. Don't use the big ones, as you won't be able to slide the case over to release the balls into. Use a nice amount of grease on the spring to hold the balls in place. Start the tie so its like a loop, hook it over the hole with the spring and balls in place and line it so the top ball ends up in the point thats made where the tie goes through its self. pull it down slowly and you will need to poke the ball around a bit as you tighten it up. When in place push the cover over and the tie will slide back releasing the balls, while holding it in place cut the tie off and finish pushing it forward. Like i said, its NOT fun, but as Luthor said, its can be done! i was all set to make a split ring that i could put over and pull down with a hose clamp, thankfully i didn't need to make that! [/QUOTE]
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