Steering ram inner tie rods

[serf]

Are the treads that go into this ram both same or one side left and one side R/H tread , undone the one side on right of but wondering if other is diff?

 

[Nearly]

Either be the same or different.

 

[serf]

Either be the same or different.

Well it's FT and buring the poxy bit of flat off at the one end when I put spanner on and wrench on other so will have nowt to put spanner onto if feck it up proper
So would rather know so pulling in right direction .

 

[Nearly]

What tractor?

 

[serf]

Carraro axle , same as case

What tractor?

 

[Nearly]

lefty then.

 

[MF-ANDY]

Thought they were both rh. But they will be loctited so may need some gentle warmth to free it.

 

[serf]

Thought they were both rh. But they will be loctited so may need some gentle warmth to free it.

Well not got the one side off yet and think you may be right on being R/H, phoned local case parts place up earlier but they not got back to me on the it ,

what happens when the poxy spanner slot burs over on the undone side ,

 

[JeepJeep]

Weld a "Smash on" Spanner on it.

Swing like a monkey on it then

 

[MF-ANDY]

I usually hope the side with flats on undoes first then I hammer a tight fitting spanner on and retighten that joint to help support the spanner. If the other side won't come undone I extend that side away from the seals and apply a little warmth.

 

[serf]

I usually hope the side with flats on undoes first then I hammer a tight fitting spanner on and retighten that joint to help support the spanner. If the other side won't come undone I extend that side away from the seals and apply a little warmth.

It's certainly an awkward ballache of a job I thought would be non to difficult, how wrong was I

 

[ACEngineering]

Are the treads that go into this ram both same or one side left and one side R/H tread , undone the one side on right of but wondering if other is diff?View attachment 1049086

Being a carraro axle some do have left hand thread and some don't. not helpful i know but that's how it is, hold one side undo the other, clamp a spanner on the small flat by retightening the ball joint on to it and then let it wedge itself against axle while undoing the other side, doing it any other way results in rounding off the flats on rod.

They are normally heavily loctited but i dont bother loctiting them back in, there no point if tightened right they dont ever come loose

 

[milkloss]

Plenty of heat. You want to just avoid turning the chrome into a rainbow. Last one I did needed more heat than I was comfortable with to soften the loctite but wasn’t coming off otherwise.

 

[Sausage]

If you are having problems with the dealer phone HES in Gloucester. They are Carraro dealers, providing you have the axle serial number they would at least be able to tell you if it is the same part number for both sides.

 

[serf]

Well it's off , heat and Stilsons....

Fancy locktiteing em on ffs ,
both standard thread .

 

[Farmer_Joe]

I geround it ever so slightly wider so I could fit an adjustable on as the faces on them are much wider

 

[Sebastian77]

Well it's off , heat and Stilsons....

Fancy locktiteing em on ffs ,
both standard thread .

You'll be surprised, we fitted new track rods and joints to our case, and they would continuously unscrew themselves out of the ram, so had to locktite in the end.

 

[serf]

I geround it ever so slightly wider so I could fit an adjustable on as the faces on them are much wider

Was thinking of grinder as last resort....

 

[Ploughteringindubs]

I've gone round the joint on side I'm replacing with grinder a little, just to same sort of depth threads would be, to relieve any clamping force where they butt together did the trick on stubborn one before. Tried heat before but didn't work before I got concerned about seals in rack.

 

[serf]

I've gone round the joint on side I'm replacing with grinder a little, just to same sort of depth threads would be, to relieve any clamping force where they butt together did the trick on stubborn one before. Tried heat before but didn't work before I got concerned about seals in rack.

Didn't think of that one , good idea
hope not done any damage to seals , kept check temp by touch as went along , and only glanced burner over it , had to have the stilsons right on the edge of the silver on side got undone first cos flats had burred to much