Swivel ball rebuild

[andrewMcF]

I'm in the process of rebuilding a swivel ball, I have pressed in the top bushing and the bottom race into the swivel ball, i'm pretty certain the have been completely seated, I used a 20 ton press. But when I assemble the ball into the housing and bolt in the top swivel pin there seems to be a large gap, about 1 mm, between the housing and the swivel ball pin despite using all the shims…

Any one have any ideas as to why that would be?

Thanks,
Andrew

[island dormy]

Hi Andrew

I do not know what year rover you are working on but if it is a series rover I have about 3mm of shims on both sides of mine to get the proper pull setting of 12-16lbs.. Remember when you do the pull test with a fish weigh scale it is the moving pull not the start pull (which will be 5lbs.? higher). The four top bolts have to be tight for a proper test. The big rubber seal on the swivel ball should not be installed when you do this test but the top swivel and bottom bearing should have a little gear oil on them.

Victor 1962 Dormobile

[andrewMcF]

In other words.... more cow bell. :wink: