Re: H Bolster

Posted by Tom A on December 29, 2000 at 13:38:48 from (64.40.66.173):

In Reply to: H Bolster posted by SheldonMT on December 27, 2000 at 19:56:05:

Sheldon:

Getting 'em out is not too difficult. A good sharp metal cutting blade cuts through them pretty well. Just cut vertically and when all the way through, they'll clink out.

As a novice I went through two sets of bushings, before I got it right, but it did cost me for the learning experience. Much like one of your other advisors suggested, I used a long 5/8 inch machine bolt to pull the top one down in its cavity. A large hard tempered washer or two on top, a 2 inch steel plumbing tee on bottom with a hole drilled through the horizontal part of the Tee to accomodate the opposite end of the machine bolt with washers and nut on the bottom. You'll have to make sure the washers are not soft, or they will be inclined to depress into the top of the bushing and flare it out....then it's a screwed up job and you'll have to start over.

The bottom, well that's a toughy. I finally gave up and removed the bolster and turned it upside down on a 20 Ton Bench Press and pressed it in. The first time I hammered it part way in, laying on my back and ruined it. The bench press put it in smooth as butter. Use care, for they are very hard tempered iron and inclined to be a little brittle like saltine crackers. Remember to be sure line up the grease aperture with the zerk fitting canal in front of the bolster.

Removing the bolster is not really all that tough and makes the job a whole lot simpler and easier on the parts. The whole secret, though, is by all means use some engine assembly lubricant on both surfaces, bushings and cavity walls. I tried the cold treatment, but by the time you get it in place it's expanded, especially when the bolster casting itself acts as a heat sink, then it's stuck half way in and half way out of the bolster cavity. GOOD LUCK! BE SAFE, that bolster is plenty beavy and a good hydraulic hoist comes in handy.

Tom A.

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