09-08-2021, 06:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2021, 07:08 PM by smutts.
Edit Reason: clarification
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Just fitted a pair of nipples to my trailing arms.
Using an Aldi chinesium tap & die set.
Drilled 5mm holes with a new bit, the arms are hard as a dogs head, eventually it will give, then you will go through about 5mm of white plastic then clunk against the hard bearing pin.
Then thread with a M6x1 tap.
For long nipples I used these,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233642984589
They are only part threaded, so I fully threaded them using a m6x1 die & a bit of WD40.
best practice would be to finish with a plug (3rd) tap, which would thread the sleeve properly.
The 2nd tap that was in the Aldi set has a nose that might prevent the plastic sleeve being threaded properly.
Wind your fully threaded nipple until it comes to a dead stop against the hard pin.
Unwind two turns, that should be a 2mm gap to match the sleeve.
Measure the gap between the nipple head and the arm, remove nipple & refit with washers that match the gap.
I pumped each side with forty strokes (total guess) of NGL1 grease, it's a bit thinner than the usual NGL2 grease.
Who knows where the grease went, assuming it is being delivered to the gap between the pin & plastic sleeve, it hasn't shown from the seal, so any excess might have gone through the outer bearing, turned around and gone into the hollow of the pin.
Hopefully any swarf will keep to the outside of the sleeve and or fall into the void of the trailing arm.
Anyway, Damned Creak Begone.
Using an Aldi chinesium tap & die set.
Drilled 5mm holes with a new bit, the arms are hard as a dogs head, eventually it will give, then you will go through about 5mm of white plastic then clunk against the hard bearing pin.
Then thread with a M6x1 tap.
For long nipples I used these,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233642984589
They are only part threaded, so I fully threaded them using a m6x1 die & a bit of WD40.
best practice would be to finish with a plug (3rd) tap, which would thread the sleeve properly.
The 2nd tap that was in the Aldi set has a nose that might prevent the plastic sleeve being threaded properly.
Wind your fully threaded nipple until it comes to a dead stop against the hard pin.
Unwind two turns, that should be a 2mm gap to match the sleeve.
Measure the gap between the nipple head and the arm, remove nipple & refit with washers that match the gap.
I pumped each side with forty strokes (total guess) of NGL1 grease, it's a bit thinner than the usual NGL2 grease.
Who knows where the grease went, assuming it is being delivered to the gap between the pin & plastic sleeve, it hasn't shown from the seal, so any excess might have gone through the outer bearing, turned around and gone into the hollow of the pin.
Hopefully any swarf will keep to the outside of the sleeve and or fall into the void of the trailing arm.
Anyway, Damned Creak Begone.
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