Rusty's GUIV-Upgrade

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Originally Posted by threedogs

@ Rusty hopefully if only a steel rim you can belt it back into position.
As for the tow hitch beat it on all sides and soak in WD40, you
may be even able to put a piece of pipe or similar in from the back and belt it out that way.

As for your dawes etc I take it you have gauges fitted already, if so hard to go wrong,
1/2 to 1/4 turn at a time

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yep its definately a steel rim, i was planning on belting it back into place with a lumpy and a block of timber, sound about right?

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Originally Posted by rusty_nail

ok heat and WD40. like oxy heat or heat gun heat? lol. went to yalwal and yes first time off the tar since the rebuild. the car went great, except i damaged a rim on the way out. went the whole way out without doing any damage and then damaged the rim. gotta have more of a look as it was dark when i got home and see if i did any other damage
ill throw some pics up in a min

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Oxy heat...

and not dramas with the dawes valve TD, ive had it set and forget mate, the mechanic had it tuned to 14PSI on a dyno so thats where it will stay =D

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Originally Posted by Winnie

Oxy heat...

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hahah yeah thought so. the heat gun is so much closer tho =P

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Originally Posted by rusty_nail

ok so i discovered a problem over the weekend. i was out 4wding and at the beginning i went to take out my tow hitch. turns out the bloody thing is rusted in their solid!!! does anyone have any clever ideas about how to get it free so it can be replaced as at the moment i can only see it being a hazard...

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Hi mate, here's some interesting Info I read - worth a try (only found this after I threw out 5 litres of old ATF)
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Machinist's Workshop magazine tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts with significant results!

They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.

*Penetrating oil ...... Average load*
None ....................... 516 pounds
WD-40 ................... 238 pounds
PB Blaster .............. 214 pounds
Liquid Wrench ..... 127 pounds
Kano Kroil ............. 106 pounds
ATF-Acetone mix....53 pounds

The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 - 50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone. Note the "home brew" was better than any commercial product in this one particular test. Our local machinist group mixed up a batch and we all now use it with equally good results.
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I think that Irish also had a post on home brew penetrating oils in the hunters thread a while ago.

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i mght have to give that acetone mix a go! thanks for the heads up mate!

Bummer about the rim Nic. Spray the hitch with what ever you have and let it do its thing, ie give it a spray each avo after work then next weekend go and find a good tree, attach a strap to it with the tongue and drive away. DO NOT USE A SNATCH STRAP, I can't stress this enough!! And don't be silly about driving off at speed. A nice straight pull should see it should just fall out.

Looks like sum pretty good tracks up there Nicko. Good to see the truck back on the road doing what it loves.

I'd put a drag chain on the hitch and around a tree and drive off - very carefully of course. . . Should do the trick. Just check'n that little bolt that stops it rattling is loose yeah??

. . . .. and the pin is out :o