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T1 Terry wrote:

BernieQ wrote:Ok folks we have been beat by this pesky cotter pin and after a few phone calls we have bought a full replacement . Hub to hub .
Question Terry . I was thinking it would be easier for me to remove the top 4 bolts on the short steering arm in the pic and do the same on my setup .
AS you can see the nut is off the other end and that bloody knuckle wont move as well and yes me and my RACQ mate (who recovered from the shooting Jon ) cant move the mongrel . So I was thinking along the lines of eliminate the whole lot by removing the 4 bolts ?
Bernie .
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Just swap the drag link from one axle to the other. If you can get it apart, have it crack tested and keep it for a spare, they are a fail item and age increases the risk. The busses in Tassie had them crack tested every 2 yrs, a few were cracked on near new buses.

Sorry, that bit is a pitman arm I think, the same name as the one on the steering box, might even have that bit wrong as well, the drag link goes from wheel to wheel.... I'll blame the long truck drive for my error

All good Terry I almost know what you mean haha . The drag link as you call it is around 500,000 ks younger than mine , gunna leave it where it is .
We cant get the pitman arm off must have been put on by the bloke that wacked the cotter pin in , that's why I asked about just undoing the 4 bolts on top and tie it up out of the way do the same with the "new" unit but leave it off and Bob's your uncle so to speak .
Nothing is going to happen till the ground dries a bit we are on black soil , don't want to sink when the bus is on stands .
Bernie .

Bernie, easy peasy.

If you drill it out and when give it a big whack... oh never mind.



Bernie, have a close look at the other end of the drag link on the bus. I have Isuzu power steering linked to the Bedford axle.

The drag link is easily removed from the steering pitman arm. Remove the lock pin at the end and then undo the big screw at the end of the drag link. This frees up the little ball thingy that is in the pitman arm.

Then you can remove the link. And then undo it (turning) off the existing axle/tierod.

Then screw it into the new axle/tierod and then fit it back to the steering rod.

The axle is perfect.... don't touch it or drill it!!

Thanks Jon cuppla questions " little ball thingy " as Pauline would say please explain not going there mate ?
Don't want a sore head "A"


don't touch it or drill it!!........ now you tell me .
As I said on the phone and for others reading the steering arm has the "little ball thingy" already out of its socket and the slit pin and screw still in the arm , so its been reefed out I think .
So when the weather become kinder (more showers tomorrow) I will try and fix this small but bloody painful problem .
Thanks again Jon
Bernie .

Well the day came we have the "new" steering under the bus , bumbling our way thru but its done all finished not a job I would want to do every other day . All I have to do is bleed the front brakes I did gravity them till brake fluid was dribbling thru so the rest wont be too hard .
A cuppla pics so you can see my mate has survived the shooting Jon .
Bernie .
View from the bottom up .

Wow

Good job! Thought you would have waited for Dot & G to help?
Be worried!
Be VERY worried!!

Eddies due here on Friday Bruce all hell will break loose .
Bernie .

Bernie, I reckon that some of us might be a little bit interested in seeing a few pics of the previously mentioned offending cotter pin or whatever is left of it. Shouldn't be too hard now that the body of the bus is out of the way.
Eddies alright Bernie, it was his little mate that used to cause all the dramas, so I am led to believe.

Took the bus for around 30km yesterday nothing fell off , so looks like every thing is ok.
Bernie .