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Bringing the 4lb Caged lower back from the Dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="cj428mach" data-source="post: 15030630" data-attributes="member: 142081"><p>You would need access to a die grinder, and impact at the very least. A torch and a press are a bonus but not mandatory. </p><p></p><p>I personally just put the lower in a vice holding the lower by just one bar of the tri-bar setup. Put a little heat on tri-bar around the center shaft, then zip the center shaft out with your 14mm allen on your impact turning it counter clockwise. This is actually reverse thread even though it seems "normal" if you think about it I'm actually turning the "bolt" aka (Center Shaft) clockwise if you were too look at it from the other end.</p><p></p><p>After that you're looking at the stock pulley. This is the part I'm going to have made, the only way to remove it is to grind the stakes away from the bearing and either press off the pulley or use the BFH. The bearing will come off the lower bracket fairly easy, I was surprised. At this point you would be done with the factory pulley/bearing. </p><p></p><p>Next you'd take the new pulley and press/BFH in the new bearing. The bearing is actually an A/C compressor bearing and they can be had for as little as $17 at RockAuto for a genuine AC Delco bearing. Instead of staking the bearing to help hold it the plan is to have a groove in the new pulley where you would install a snap ring to help hold the bearing in. </p><p></p><p>After the bearing is on you can either press/BFH the pulley assembly on to the lower bracket. The only option on this end is to stake the new bearing or try to grind a groove/have a machine shop put a groove in it for a snap ring. I'm going to try to put a snap ring on mine some how. After that just install the tri-bar back on the shaft and its ready to go. You don't really need to worry about tools or anything to tighten the tri-bar as it should self tight once its on the car.</p><p></p><p>The only part I'm planning to have made is just the black pulley seen here, no bracket or anything just the black pulley only larger. Everything else from the stock lower would be reused. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]659294[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cj428mach, post: 15030630, member: 142081"] You would need access to a die grinder, and impact at the very least. A torch and a press are a bonus but not mandatory. I personally just put the lower in a vice holding the lower by just one bar of the tri-bar setup. Put a little heat on tri-bar around the center shaft, then zip the center shaft out with your 14mm allen on your impact turning it counter clockwise. This is actually reverse thread even though it seems "normal" if you think about it I'm actually turning the "bolt" aka (Center Shaft) clockwise if you were too look at it from the other end. After that you're looking at the stock pulley. This is the part I'm going to have made, the only way to remove it is to grind the stakes away from the bearing and either press off the pulley or use the BFH. The bearing will come off the lower bracket fairly easy, I was surprised. At this point you would be done with the factory pulley/bearing. Next you'd take the new pulley and press/BFH in the new bearing. The bearing is actually an A/C compressor bearing and they can be had for as little as $17 at RockAuto for a genuine AC Delco bearing. Instead of staking the bearing to help hold it the plan is to have a groove in the new pulley where you would install a snap ring to help hold the bearing in. After the bearing is on you can either press/BFH the pulley assembly on to the lower bracket. The only option on this end is to stake the new bearing or try to grind a groove/have a machine shop put a groove in it for a snap ring. I'm going to try to put a snap ring on mine some how. After that just install the tri-bar back on the shaft and its ready to go. You don't really need to worry about tools or anything to tighten the tri-bar as it should self tight once its on the car. The only part I'm planning to have made is just the black pulley seen here, no bracket or anything just the black pulley only larger. Everything else from the stock lower would be reused. [ATTACH=full]659294[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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