Englishmaninwales Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Which side is a left hand thread? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Left hand - off side. Edited to add off side in France - Near side in the UK. 😳 Only dead fish go with the flow....! Edited by - CageyH on 25 May 2008 13:40:07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnty Lyons Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Seasy to remember you jump on the Scaffolding pole to tighten them both whilst holding onto the top of screen with one hand and FIA bar with other. 😬 😬 😬 jj N.I. L7C AR 🙆🏻 Membership No.3927. 240BHP 1900cc K Series 40th Anniversary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adrian Williams Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Also as a double check green insert is right hand thread which with any luck will be on the right hand side of the car. 😬 Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMorris Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Did you get it off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishmaninwales Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Adrian, the previous pair of retaining nuts had a green insert, but those supplied by caterham a year ago had not, hence my difficulty. Dave, undone ok, but bearings have cooked/disintergrated and are not prepared to separate from the drive shaft, so will be looking for a press on Tuesday ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BYKer Will Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 When mine blew on the way to spa Seven indulgence removed the bearing remains from the shaft by cuting carefully to about 80% thickness with an angle grinder and then splitting with a chisel. Heat and other methods had failed as the bearing was nicely welded to the shaft. The shaft did need a bit of cleaning up with emery paper and has been fine since. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishmaninwales Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 Will How did you get the bearing carrier off? The bearing carrier and bearings will not come off the shaft ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfourth Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Now this method is for the brave and the confident but it does work. Get an angle grinder with a few cutting discs and a grinding disc First cut through the otter of the bearing on both sides and you should get most of the bearing off. this leaves the inner to come off Using the grinding disc slowly and carefully start grinding a flat on the inner. And keep going deeper but carefully watch the color of where you are grinding. When it goes blue the metal is very thin and stop grinding here. keep going until you have a nice blue line which means a thin section. Now the bearing inner should crack and then come off the shaft. Be careful as you don't want to nick the shaft. take your time and it should be fine. Autotesting in Scotland tires provided by Skip motorsport services (Well we pull them out of skips) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishmaninwales Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 Thinforth and BYKerWill Bearings and carrier now off thanks to your advice Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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