HA! No, just a matter of repetition. I could probably do it in my sleep. 1 hr out, 1 hr back in.
Ha! Maybe you come and do my A3 Allison swap?
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HA! No, just a matter of repetition. I could probably do it in my sleep. 1 hr out, 1 hr back in.
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Gimpy is right. If you had done this 15-20 times a year, this would have been done in less time than it takes to read this whole thread. But you haven't, and didn't have anyone who had, and could help you. So you done good! And learned a lot. Some of the last contract work I did here was to do some upgrades and repair shoddy work done, (by OSHKOSH) on the HEMIT A-5 trucks being issued brand new, in 2010 here in germany. Another guy, (master truck mechanic) and I, (a generator jock) removed and replaced the transfer on 27 trucks. The first truck took us about 9 hours. Not long afterwards, we could have it out, the new transfer in, and the old one canned, in about 3 hours. Practice makes perfect. You done good.
At work they have 3 axle in ground hoists that left up to 10ft high if you need them too. Each bay has one and the average base (7 total) has 20 bays. Makes removing anything pretty easy. The hardest part is setting the blocks under the bus. You must get down and push the arms to contact the frame lifts points. The center post is firmly mounted in concrete and the two others move on steel lined rails to contact the rear axle and front axle. There's a funny story about one of our ex-mechanics ( you guessed it) who put screwdrivers into the lift buttons so he could go and talk on the phone. The center screwdriver stayed in but the other two fell out. We call this bus the "bendy" bus now ! It ripped out all the hydraulics and wiring (roof mounted) and tore the articulation suspension apart real bad. It is only able to articulate 20 degrees.That's how we did a A-5 tanker. The only shop with we could get was with a pit. It had metal sides to keep things from falling in, like a truck. Well, if you drop the transfer down on to the pit cover, (three inch thick wood pieces) then how do you slide it out? It weighed about 800 pounds I think. We used the over head to lift the rear end of the tanker. We didn't know that it was not empty. I kept pressing the up button, and the truck didn't get any higher. I thought we were going to have to reinstall the transfer, and drive the truck to another motor pool. But at 20:30 hours, where would I find another Motor Pool? So we kept lifting, waiting for the crane and perhaps the roof to fall in. But at last it went high enough to slip it out.
Why did you take the "Seca" ring off ? Was it broken ?View attachment 629965
Hey, have a real fun weekend!!!
PS We had to dig a hole under the truck to get the transmission in place to lift.