axle removal and swap

Stoopid people and chainsaws dont mix

landy10 said:

Stoopid people and chainsaws dont mix

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Oh I don't know HB seems to be doing ok

oooh thats cold. me thinks you gonna pay for that if she comes across that comment, even if you are her fav pikey

landy10 said:

oooh thats cold. me thinks you gonna pay for that if she comes across that comment, even if you are her fav pikey

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You can run but you cant hide from a mad women and a chainsaw!!!!!!!!!!!

mondo said:

Run Pikey!

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He says ta tell yer he int in He's had to go and price up loft conversion in outer mongolia.

landy10 said:

Stoopid people and chainsaws dont mix

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Aye, tell me 'bout it Never mind, ah don't think it happen again

great pics buster ahm a bit more confident aboot mine noo ive got a picture guide
jist one thing though aboot tools how many beers did it require
looking forward to seeing yer pics o the back
im doing mine about a week after yer pics go up

Buster, great step by step - many thanks, now know how to do mine if ever needs it (how do you know if you need a new un?).....just need a nice warm garage with solid floors now...(only got open driveway, not even paved)

defenderdavie said:

great pics buster ahm a bit more confident aboot mine noo ive got a picture guide
jist one thing though aboot tools how many beers did it require
looking forward to seeing yer pics o the back
im doing mine about a week after yer pics go up

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cheers davie
It only took one or two tae do the job, but needed quite a few afterwards

afternoon buster
how long did it take includin the painting

BandM said:

Buster, great step by step - many thanks, now know how to do mine if ever needs it (how do you know if you need a new un?).....just need a nice warm garage with solid floors now...(only got open driveway, not even paved)

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Cheers BandM
Ah only done mine 'cos the swivel balls were needin' replaced on the green bus, so ah replaced the balls , seals, bearin's etc on the white bus so's ah wasn't off the road for any length of time and incase ah cocked summit up

defenderdavie said:

afternoon buster
how long did it take includin the painting

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Fettle Davie
It took me and the neighbour about 6 hours to take one axle out, stick it in the white bus (to see how it went and if there was any probs), then stick the other one back in. But then we did have lots of coffee, smoke breaks and lunch
Ah cleaned and rubbed back the crappy bits of the axle then painted it the day before and left it over night to dry

ahm thinking i might do same as im tring to put the best parts from my salvage one onto my 110 camper project (if i ever get it out of my mates yard and down to mine)

ffs buster, yer could o cleaned them fancy yella springs ter match yer new axle

yella said:

ffs buster, yer could o cleaned them fancy yella springs ter match yer new axle

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S'funny, me neighbour sed the same thing yella Ah half thought aboot it, and then thought WTF!.... and chuck me another beer

Got me back axle out tonight
Did it all mesel' anaw

Do ye's reckon ah should stick it on another fred, or continue it on this one?

Keep it on here. you know how noobies struggle to find anything on here. You don't want to confoose em by giving em a choice of axle freds ta read.

redhand said:

Keep it on here. you know how noobies struggle to find anything on here. You don't want to confoose em by giving em a choice of axle freds ta read.

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Aye true, cheers Red
Ah'll take them off the camera tonight and stick thum in photobucket, and ah'll do a post on it the morn

Right then, ah haven't got as far as cleanin' the back axle up or swappin' them over, but ah have got it out

Here's how ah did it.....

the donor axle..



ah 'loosened' off the trailin' arm nuts and bottom shock nuts (only because ah wasn't sure how tight or stuck they were, and it would be a bit easier with the bus still on the ground).....





slackened the wheel nuts, jacked it up and sat the axle on stands....



Then secured the bus by stickin' blocks and a couple of pieces of wood under the chassis and took the wheels off....





next thing was the brakes...



Haynes manual says summit about removin' the cap from the reservoir, puttin' some polythene over the hole and stickin' the cap back on to minimise fluid loss, so ah cut a bit off a bin liner and used that (sorry no pic cos the edges weren't neatly trimmed )

Ah removed the pipes from the brake drums...



and taped a wee bag over the ends to stop any crap gettin' onto them....



then ah unid the bracket from the top of the axle...



and tied them up out of the way...



Next thing ah did was undo, remove from diff and tie the propshaft up out of the way....







After that, ah removed the split pin from the A frame ball joint and removed the nut...



(A slight tap with a hammer may be needed to shift it, becarefull of the threads, use a drift or summit similar)



Ah then removed the axle breather pipe...



Next thing was to remove the trailin' arms.
Ah thought ah could get away with just undoing them from the axle, but in the end ah had to remove them completely.....






Then ah undid the bottoms of the shockers and swung them out of the way and slid my trolley in.....



Next thing was to stick a jack under each brake drum.
If you're using a trolley jack, don't have it in line with yer motor as the axle will roll off when ye lower it, have it so it's side on.



The next part would be easier with two people, but there was only me and ah managed. Raised one jack up and removed the axle stand whilst holding the drum steady, it felt pretty steady so ah went to the other side and did the same. Then it was a case of slowly lowerin' the jacks bit by bit until it was on the trolley.


Then ah undid the clamp that held the springs on and removed them...



and pulled the axle out from underneath...




All ah've got to do now is give it a good clean and see what's needin' done to it before ah swap it over..




Job done