[T3] Type 3 Axle Beam question

[Keith Park]

The plastic sleeves just press in, BUT... they are really in there!  the
bearing sleeves need to press into these sleeves and come out without
removing the sleeves so they are really quite a press fit.

I got them out by cutting a section out of the metal tube with an air cutoff
tool, this released them nicely but you do need to make sure you don't cut
too far or you will cut into the bushing.  They are rather soft and brittle
being made out of Bakelite or phenolic of some sort.

Keith


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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:24 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Type 3 Axle Beam question

This is a question for Keith, but anyone else who has insight should 
feel free to chime in.

Keith, at the Invasion, I was surprised to see that you had some of 
the plastic sleeves that the inner beam bearing sleeves press into. 
I'm in the process of cutting apart a dead beam to harvest parts and 
I'm wondering how those sleeves are held in place.

One end of each sleeve is pressed up against a bulkhead, so they 
can't move in that direction, but should I be able to press them out 
in the other direction? It looks like they are just pressed into that 
tube, but they don't seem to want to move. Is there something else 
holding them in there?

I could bandsaw thru the beam parts to release their grip on those 
sleeves, but that's a lot of metal to saw thru, and it has the risk 
of damaging the sleeves.

In case it makes a difference, the ones I'm looking at so far are the 
lower ones. These are the plain bearings, not the needle bearings.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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