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Crank Springy Thingys
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- ScottyG
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Crank Springy Thingys
Does anyone have a barnyard engineering solution for the little spring clips that hold the crank down to the floor pan? Mine must've rotted away at least 1000 years ago. Can't get the slot head screw out either. Looks like I'll have to do a drill retap on my nice shiny new paint. Now why I didn't do this before I painted is another story...
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- Bigdog
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I believe that reproduction clips are available. Maybe even some originals. Try J.P. Tractor Salvage. I'm thinking I remember Jamie saying that they have them.
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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
My wife says I don't listen to her. - - - - - - - - Or something like that!
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- ScottyG
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How'd you finally get them out Johnbron? Lots of heat is the traditional method but I don't want to mar the paint. Anyway, since they're slotted screws it makes it tougher as the screwdriver likes to walk right out. I think I'll just knock the heads off, drill and retap my own.
$30? Jeez. I think I can reverse engineer my own but I'll try JP Salvage nonetheless.
What about the catches on old wooden stormdoors. The kind that look like two spring fingers? Cranks are 5/8" dia so it shouldn't be too difficult to find something even if I had to make it out of some light ga. steel.
$30? Jeez. I think I can reverse engineer my own but I'll try JP Salvage nonetheless.
What about the catches on old wooden stormdoors. The kind that look like two spring fingers? Cranks are 5/8" dia so it shouldn't be too difficult to find something even if I had to make it out of some light ga. steel.
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- tnestell
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I used my old ones as a pattern and cut and bent some new ones out of some heavy sheet metal. Then heated them till red and quenched them in old motor oil. They have worked fine for about 5 years till my 16 year old son got to them (but then he just twisted the steering wheel into a pretzel}. If they are cooled too slow they will be soft, too fast using water they will be brittle, oil seems right. While the metal was still soft enough to to bend back into place it still had sufficient tension to hold the crank into place. Ted
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ScottyG wrote:How'd you finally get them out Johnbron?
I had soaked them with PB-blaster for a day and then I used My heavy all steel screw-driver. While putting turning tension on the screw-driver I tapped the the top of handle with a hammer. Once they break loose the rest turned easy with the small threads. As with all of the thread holes I chased the threads with a tap before reinstalling any bolts.
Then came Bronson
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