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Old 06-25-2009, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by bombur View Post
I hoped this would be an easy out/easy in project, but no. I removed the 4 bolts from the coupling arm, took the old torn coupling out but could not get the new flex coupling in. So Ithought I would remove the pin from the arm to move it a bit astern to make room for the new flex. When I tapped the pin lightly it dodn't budge, when I used more force it started to peen over. What's the correct procedure here??
Soak your pin with a good penetrating oil. Then soak it some more. Use a pin punch and hit it a little more that lightly. You don't want to hit it like you are going to drive it out. Hit it so that you set up a vibration so to speak. Get a kind of rhythm, like a blacksmith working a horse shoe. Don't beat it. let the weight of the hammer do the work. That should work.
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