Four of the center body mounts were loose on my '91 Bronco.
Could mostly see it in the lower rubber. :/
I just fixed the two easy ones to get to, right behind the seat, and will get
to the two near the rear axle later when I pull the 8.8 for a rebuild.
Anyway, so I worked out a "method".
Use a 11/16" drill bit and drill -down- about 3/16 to 1/4" of the nut's sleeve.
Drive that sleeve loose with a long punch and BFH.
Drill up from underneath using a 1" drill bit and test your distance using the
lower rubber. I made mine so there'd be about ~3/16" of squish. LOL
I used a 4+1/2" hand grinder with a small "plug grinding wheel" mounted on
an extension to clean up the mess and to square things up a little then drill
the sleeve shorter somemore with the 1" drill bit. A little at a time keeps
things straight.
The "plug" is there next to the brush with a 5/8-11 coupling nut and a hunk
of 5/8-11 bolt in the coupling nut...
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/BroncoYd.jpg
...came up with that tool on my first Y pipe I fixed up.
(1/4-28 set screws in the coupling nuts that fit in a drilled-in dimple)
Grind off the outside of the lower sleeve with the (7/8" hex) nut on it so it'll
slip back in nice if you want to, I did.
I made my punch by grinding down a shaft from a paper shredder, LOL the
end needs to fit-nice and turns out it's ~15/32" in diameter and up ~3/4".
Alvin in AZ
ps- CornHolio ain't got nothin' on me! :/ I got -three- bung holes.
pps- The cutter-wheels from the paper shredders came in handy...
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/dresser.jpg
...as a dresser for little hand grinder wheels, like that plug.
ppps- Something else that makes a -real good- grind stone dresser
but leaves a different finish is a diamond edged "target"... LOL
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/target.jpg
Could mostly see it in the lower rubber. :/
I just fixed the two easy ones to get to, right behind the seat, and will get
to the two near the rear axle later when I pull the 8.8 for a rebuild.
Anyway, so I worked out a "method".
Use a 11/16" drill bit and drill -down- about 3/16 to 1/4" of the nut's sleeve.
Drive that sleeve loose with a long punch and BFH.
Drill up from underneath using a 1" drill bit and test your distance using the
lower rubber. I made mine so there'd be about ~3/16" of squish. LOL
I used a 4+1/2" hand grinder with a small "plug grinding wheel" mounted on
an extension to clean up the mess and to square things up a little then drill
the sleeve shorter somemore with the 1" drill bit. A little at a time keeps
things straight.
The "plug" is there next to the brush with a 5/8-11 coupling nut and a hunk
of 5/8-11 bolt in the coupling nut...
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/BroncoYd.jpg
...came up with that tool on my first Y pipe I fixed up.
(1/4-28 set screws in the coupling nuts that fit in a drilled-in dimple)
Grind off the outside of the lower sleeve with the (7/8" hex) nut on it so it'll
slip back in nice if you want to, I did.
I made my punch by grinding down a shaft from a paper shredder, LOL the
end needs to fit-nice and turns out it's ~15/32" in diameter and up ~3/4".
Alvin in AZ
ps- CornHolio ain't got nothin' on me! :/ I got -three- bung holes.
pps- The cutter-wheels from the paper shredders came in handy...
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/dresser.jpg
...as a dresser for little hand grinder wheels, like that plug.
ppps- Something else that makes a -real good- grind stone dresser
but leaves a different finish is a diamond edged "target"... LOL
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/target.jpg
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