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Can this be removed from the rocker cover?
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:24 pm
by scudderfish
I think this is screwed into the rocker cover, but I can't get it to shift. Before I start drilling holes in it to put a bar through it, I'd like to confirm it will actually come out.
Regards,
Dave
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:59 pm
by seight
Good question, the plastic version from a P38 definitely does. So i guess that one should. All the covers of that pattern I've got/had have a screw thread in them so I would have thought that yours is just 'gummed' up.
Don't quote me on it!
Mike
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 9:31 pm
by mgbv8
YES!!
They unscrew.
Warm it up with a blowlamp until the oil and crud starts to burn off. Chuck a bit of plus gas onto the threads on the underside and let it soak for a few hours.
Let it cool and get some good grips or stillsons on it. They can be a bugger to get off. But they do screw out.
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 9:48 pm
by mike-b
Hi all,
Sorry to butt in but would the same part come adrift by unscrewing it on a chrome plated cover? The chrome is about bugged anyway, they have more pits than the coal board.
Thanks ....Mike
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:19 am
by ChrisJC
Don't see why not (presuming it's a chrome plated standard cover rather than a custom casting). Chrome is wafter-thin so it doesn't have any strength.
Chris.
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:15 pm
by scudderfish
It seemed to have some sort of sealant in the thread, but a good long blast with the blow torch and a bigger tool to grip it got it out.
Thanks,
Dave
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:19 pm
by mgbv8
Well done Dave
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:22 pm
by scudderfish
Having seen how much Rimmer Bros charge for that part, I'm glad I didn't damage it now