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[Swift_General]

Best source? Minispares are out of stock - the firm that did them have shut down.

Edited by Swift_General, 20 January 2017 - 09:39 AM.

[Jordie]

I got one from Eurocarparts and it was just as good as any other ive had.

 

There surcharge can be quite high so maybe get your arm off first and sort that when you collect the new arm.

[Spider]

Somerfords!

[DomCr250]

Maybe consider doing them yourself if you are up to it.  You need a reamer for the brass bush but apart from that it's a fairly simple job that just needs some assistance from a lump hammer.

 

Could save you a lot in the long run ... all depends on how much you value your time and knuckles 

[alex-95]

I think Minijosh92 on here does them.

[cian]

I've got plenty in stock ready to go

[Swift_General]

Thanks. I must admit I had never even thought of ECP. Somerfords also out of stock at the moment, hopefully just a temporary thing though. I did think a while back about doing them myself but don't have the Churchill tool and couldn't find a reamer long enough to keep the bush concentric to the needle roller.

[cian]

Pmd you swift general

[MiniJosh92]

http://www.theminifo...ed-radius-arms/

[DomCr250]

http://www.theminifo...ed-radius-arms/

That's a good price Josh.

[1984mini25]

Thanks. I must admit I had never even thought of ECP. Somerfords also out of stock at the moment, hopefully just a temporary thing though. I did think a while back about doing them myself but don't have the Churchill tool and couldn't find a reamer long enough to keep the bush concentric to the needle roller.

 

I bought a new radius arm shaft and had one end of it machined to accept the end of the reamer...

 

Although I've got to redo one of mine that was done a few years back, as the grease tube has split and apart from filling the arm (even though they are heavy they are actually hollow) it keeps finding its way out of the handbrake pin and making a right mess. I wonder if wrapping the grease tube in duct tape before fitting will solve the issue of it splitting?

[GraemeC]

Duct tape could work.  Or maybe some heat shrink of the right diameter?

The older steel tubes are much better, but hard to come by.

[1984mini25]

Duct tape could work.  Or maybe some heat shrink of the right diameter?

The older steel tubes are much better, but hard to come by.

 

It's one of those jobs I've been putting off as at least of both the bearing and bush need to come out. But at the moment there isn't any play in the arm, its just the mess all the grease is making of the underside of the arm and subframe. Although I don't know if the tube has spit from trying to force too much grease in, or it now a common problem with certain items being made to a price in certain countries.

[GraemeC]

I think it is a common problem as he plastic tubes are made with a seam along their length - almost guaranteed to split and not take much grease pressure to do so.

[cian]

The very old recon kits come with a steel tube! Hard to find today would be nos