1976 280Z Restoration Project

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I can't do anything but laugh at this. This spindle has made a home in the support arm.

Challenge accepted...

[gwri8]

I'm glad you're laughing,  I think I created a new language when mine were stuck…. I resorted to a drift bolt and Thor's hammer.

[charliekwin]

Never underestimate the effectiveness of brute force, anger and a BFH!

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I have a 50 tonne press at work ....

[EuroDat]

I wish you luck. I really do. Never underestimate them.

I had one (drivers side) come out so easily I used it again. The second one took two days with a lot of cursing and frustration. I can fully understand gwri8 comments about starting another language.

In the end I ended up taking it to a friends shop. With a big press and two oxy torches it finally gave up and come out of its hiding place.

Hardway had something similar with one of his pins. I think he started a thread on it.

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I have access to a lot of good tools and failing that, military grade explosives...

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After the spindle pin decided to kick my butt, I moved in to finish removing the tar mat from the hatch area. It's all gone now!

[ksechler]

This might help with your spindle pin:

 

http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/45649-spindle-pin-woes/?hl=spindle

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Thanks! I read that before too...

 

So, the wreckers in Alvarado Texas won't ship me the gas tank I need...

 

Anyone know someone in Texas near Alvarado that could look at it and perhaps perform a little third party transaction? They say it's rusted inside, but as long as it is not damaged, and no holes, it could still be salvaged maybe...

 

 

Thanks guys!

[Captain Obvious]

With the stress risers from the valleys of the threads, I'm not surprised you're pulling the end off that thing. Even using 3/4 all thread, You've got less than a tenth of an inch of meat left between the ID and the OD. And a tenth of an inch wall thickness of the low carbon nickel plated cheese that most garden variety all thread is made out of won't be enough.

 

And I wish you better luck than others, but as seen from that other thread, it gets better. Keep making your puller stronger. Use an even larger diameter rod of a known tensile strength quality grade of steel and eventually the puller will survive, but you'll simply rip the threaded portion off the end of the spindle pin.

 

Here's to hoping yours pulls before that happens!!    And make sure you're wearing safety glasses!! I haven't looked at it to any degree of scrutiny, but that bearing makes me a little nervous...

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Thanks Captain! I am thinking this one is only going to succumb to speed and violence... I am not looking to save the support arm, as I have previously noted they are both bent and not being salvaged. I just need to ensure the hub/spindle remain undamaged!

[ksechler]

Thanks! I read that before too...

 

So, the wreckers in Alvarado Texas won't ship me the gas tank I need...

 

Anyone know someone in Texas near Alvarado that could look at it and perhaps perform a little third party transaction? They say it's rusted inside, but as long as it is not damaged, and no holes, it could still be salvaged maybe...

 

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Thanks guys!

 

 

What's your time frame?  These tanks come up on ebay periodically.  Don't despair (yet).