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RE: Removing steering arm - David Stepney - 15-06-2020

(15-06-2020, 07:10 PM)Robin Oldfield Wrote: Success!  Thanks to everyone who helped - reminding me of the trick to screw back on the nut, to use a metal drift not a wooden one and to have the courage to give it a huge thwack.  I feel a bit silly, really!

Well done! And don't feel silly. It was sensible to ask. We have all damaged components by being 'ham-fisted' when a bit of thought or advice would have yielded a more satisfactory result.

RE: Removing steering arm - Bob Culver - 15-06-2020

If only all owners through the ages had been reluctant to give parts a good whack many restorations could have been much simplified! Whacking chisels between the hub halves seemed to have been especially habitual. And all cotters.

RE: Removing steering arm - spannerman - 16-06-2020

A big whack is better than a small whack
most of the time?