[DMCForum] Re: TAB removal

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the pics and explanations guys.
This is the stuff I want to tell the mechanic.

Rich

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> 
wrote:
> The fact that your shims all fell out would suggest the bolt 
snapped at 
> the point between the arm and the bush - which is where they bend. 
My 
> experience is that they sieze in the arms, not in the bush, and 
with the 
> bush, you've got something to pull them out with - the head. Once 
that's 
> out, you can use a punch (smaller than 12mm in diameter) slipped 
through 
> the bush to tap the siezed up end out. of the trailing arm. a long 
M10 
> bolt would be perfect.
> 
> Martin
> 
> cruznmd wrote:
> 
> >Ok, 
> >
> >after consulting the DMCnews archives, I've read the photos and 
> >articles. Dave S. reminded me that the bolt appeared "siezed" at 
the 
> >tech session last year. He said the bolt wouldn't turn and the 
T.A. 
> >move up and down when he tried. According to literature, that is 
the 
> >sign of a bent TAB.
> >
> >At that point, we should have gotten an angle grinder hooked up to 
my 
> >compressor and cut it out. Well I'm alive to learn the lesson.
> >
> >Now, based on pictures and sounds I believe the bolt snapped on 
the 
> >inner (head) side because I heard all of my shims and washers hit 
the 
> >road with a musical clingling sound.
> >
> >To me, this means the bolt can be remove 1 or 2 ways:
> >
> >1. Undo the nut and push the bolt back through the T.A.
> >2. Ditto, except cut the bent part off and pull what's left 
through 
> >the other way.
> >
> >What about the head end? Is it likely bent and trapped in the 
frame? 
> >How would it be removed?
> >
> >Rich A.
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >
> >.
> >
> >  
> >

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