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just_st3v3n
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is there a secret trick...

Post by just_st3v3n »

hi guys,

i replaced my rear subframe as it cracked and got new braided brake pipes got everything sorted except for being able to take the stupid rubber cone of the shock absorber strut thingy......
iv tried hitting it at the corners so it might loosen slowly and pop off... put it in a vice and hit it.... hit it off a piece off wood.... :evil:
is there an easier way to get these off??

thnks


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just_st3v3n
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Re: is there a secret trick...

Post by just_st3v3n »

got it off....
a vice and brute pushing power ( :lol: ) and it popped off, there was good bit of rust holding it together... sorted now...
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The Marcos Graveyard
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Re: is there a secret trick...

Post by The Marcos Graveyard »

Clean up the rust and remember to put some copper grease on the mating surfaces before you reassemble.
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just_st3v3n
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Re: is there a secret trick...

Post by just_st3v3n »

did do, i remembered :D
have your bearing here too.. u in a rush with getting it? might just pop it down to you one the days...
let me kno whenever you need a hand with your mini or marcos too, i owe ya that for sure 8)
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The Marcos Graveyard
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S/C CR gearbox and drop gears
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Re: is there a secret trick...

Post by The Marcos Graveyard »

No huge rush for the bearing,whenever you're passing.
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