Rear hub thread - damage

[Old Dave]

Thanks eveybody for the advice and the insights into the problems of century old design.

In the end, my friend (mentioned in the last thread) who knows little about A7's but an awful lot about metal saved my bacon, not for the first time. He spent half-an-hour or so using needle files and a small triangular file cleaning the thread and then the puller went on and did the business.

The afternoon has been used fitting the second spring with bolt and u-bolt. It gave me quite a fight, but it is there now. It should be finished soon.

Thanks again for all info.

Dave