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On 12 Aug 2005 at 22:28, Keith Park wrote: > Actually, this can be welded up... but make sure the water and salt that got > in there hasnt caused alot of other problems... it doesnt take long. > The only plastic you have to worry about (on the LATER beams only) are the > thrust rings on the upper arms and rubber seals on the lower ones. Pop them > out, and the bearings come right out with a puller and slide hammer, this > will keep them from getting contaminated then you can weld. BUT.... the > beam is full of grease and can catch fire easily, so have alot of water > around and a fire extinguisher. Now that you've forced me to think about this harder, I guess the outer needle bearings are just pressed into the steel beam, but aren't the inner sleeve bearings pressed into some kind of synthetic (plastic?) bushing? Those may be far enough inboard that they won't get hot enough to matter. I'd be concerned about damaging the needle bearings with a slide hammer puller. The only time I did this, the races got bent on both sides even though I was careful to pull evenly against both sides. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~