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Has any one pulled the splined shock arms off the shaft,
I need to do this to replace the shaft seals,
I can make up a puller ,but how hard and tight are they pushed on.
Thanks
Lawrie

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Lawrie, I recently removed some arms from '35 front shocks by using my hydraulic press. The most difficult part for me was getting a fixture that I could locate between the shock body, and underside of arm. Then finding a way to support all of this while operating the press.

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I did the same as John. Luckily I had a fixture that worked.

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John and Chuck,
using the info that my mate sent me, I made a little puller to pull the arms off,it was dead easy.
I will make a couple more tools and then I can source some seals and O rings for them, and have them working good.
Lawrie

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Lawrie, I saw the puller shown in the pages of information you posted and thought....why didn't I think of making something like that when I was struggling with trying to remove some shock arms? That's definitely a good way to do it, and the bolts eliminate the need for using a press.

Hey, by the time you finish making all the necessary tooling, and have the experience of rebuilding your own shocks, you could easily go into the business ;) :D

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Looks like KRW made some tools for the shocks. I believe the kit below is WW2

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Nice tool kit!!

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It would be interesting to know how to recondition these shock absorbers. Is there a diagram on the breakdown of the inside of the shocks available and is there any special parts required to recondition them.

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Ian see my post from yesterday on the info on the shocks,thats what you need.
Lawrie

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Thanks Lawrie for that great and interesting rare information. I have now printed it all off.

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Ian,
All you got to do is make up a heap of tools and pullers like I have been the last day or so,
Also nice to know that you can make the later shocks fit my 33 and 34.
Lawrie

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Lawrie,
I have always made a lot of different tools and pullers too dismantle and assemble different V8 parts for years, and when I pull them out now I wished I had marked them as I cannot remember when I made them several decades ago, what V8 part they are for.

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Finally got all 14 of mine and Kpars shocks apart,
4 x 33
4 x34
2 x repos,( cr_p) they had a cast iron shaft,
3 x 40
1 x A
I made 6 special tools for the job,and one fixture.
By cutting and bending the arms on the later shocks they can be made to fit my 33 and 34 fronts.
I doubt very much if I can get genuine seal kits for them (there are three or four different shaft seals amongst them.)
So will work out some modern seals or O rings for them.
Lawrie

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Good work Lawrie!! Keep posting your progress, it's very interesting. Do you know who made those aftermarket one's?
Based on the picture of your workbench, looks like your needing to drink plenty of coffee to stay alert on the job :D :D
Whoops...that was Aptamil baby formula in those cans being used for parts, not coffee :o:eek:

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Great work Lawrie let us know what parts you use and your progress.