From: Keith Byrd (byrdhouse@netease.net)
Date: Sun Sep 29 2002 - 18:59:05 PDT
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From: GOTAM35 <gotam35@sc.rr.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] the best SOLUTION I have ever seen
I've been a member of the "when reason fails, force
> prevails" club even since I got my first 2 pound ball ping hammer. Maybe
> it's time to take a gentler approach.
This reminds me of an interesting story of how brute force doesn't always
work.
My dad retired with 42 yrs. federal service, most of it DOD civil service.
He worked for 101ABN at Ft.Campbell. His specialty was artillery repair, but
when he retired he was supervisor of shop that did small arms,
arty.,training aids and optics/instrument repair (night vision,
rangefinders, binoculars, etc.) He has forgotten more about mechanics and
fixing things that I'll EVER know.
A couple of years ago I was trying to remove the pilot bearing from the
flywheel of a 2A042 engine (mule). The pilot bearing covers the bolt head
that holds the flywheel to the crankshaft. This engine had sit in the
weather for years and I was stripping for useable parts. The pilot bearing
justs sits in a hole in the center of the flywheel, no threads, clips,
nothing. This one would not come out. Needless to say the flywheel was
pretty rusty. Over the course of three days I soaked the pilot bearing with
WD-40, Breakfree (what uncle uses),and anything else I thought would help. I
pulled, beat, pried, even drilled and tapped two holes so I could get hold
of it with a puller. NOTHING!!!!!!
When all else fails little boys take their broken toys to daddy. I also took
along the parts TM to show how the bearing fits. He got a small center punch
and a small ball peen hammer. Took the center punch, angled it so it would
dig in and started to lightly tap. Not hammering, but tapping, like you
would if you were driving a small finishing nail into a picture frame. I'm
sitting here watching this and thinking "This aint (southern term) going to
work!" After about 3 or 4 minutes of this the bearing moved very slightly.
After another dozen or so taps it moved even more. After it moved about 1/8
to 1/4 in., he said to soak it down and let sit for a few minutes. I soaked
it, but couldn't wait, I got hold of it with a pair of channel locks and it
came right out. You could have knocked me over with a feather.
It's kinda like the young bull and the old bull standing on a hillside
watching some cows. The young bull said, "Lets run down there and love on
couple of those cows". The old bull said, "Lets WALK down and love on them
ALL!"
Byrdman
Strong back, weak mind.
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