05-09-2021, 10:15 PM
Thanks Steve and Jeff - however I have dodged the problem this time around.
I planned to remove the shaft as it was seized in the casing; but I finally found it easier to free the shaft in situ than to get the taper pins out!
A few rounds of heating, tapping, levering & wiggling with a steady supply of plus-gas and anti-seize grease seems to have freed it up, and there is enough lateral movement to judge that the shaft is reasonably clean within its bushing. Not the ideal way to do things but I feel it will do!
However many thanks for the info & I'll squirrel those details away for next time.
I planned to remove the shaft as it was seized in the casing; but I finally found it easier to free the shaft in situ than to get the taper pins out!
A few rounds of heating, tapping, levering & wiggling with a steady supply of plus-gas and anti-seize grease seems to have freed it up, and there is enough lateral movement to judge that the shaft is reasonably clean within its bushing. Not the ideal way to do things but I feel it will do!
However many thanks for the info & I'll squirrel those details away for next time.