Service Brake Cross Shaft Rebuild

[Rip]

I have purchased split bushings and have a question. Does one Dremel/cut off the old bushing? Would rather not remove the lever arm. Thanks, Rip

[ian Simpson]

Originally Posted by Rip

I have purchased split bushings and have a question. Does one Dremel/cut off the old bushing? Would rather not remove the lever arm. Thanks, Rip

That's what I did some years ago.

As the cross shaft hardly moves, the use of split bearings should not be an issue unless the shaft is very worn. I lucked out, mine was hardly worn.

Anyone bother to fit grease nipples (sorry I do not like the word "zerk")?

[5window]

Originally Posted by ian Simpson

That's what I did some years ago.

As the cross shaft hardly moves, the use of split bearings should not be an issue unless the shaft is very worn. I lucked out, mine was hardly worn.

Anyone bother to fit grease nipples (sorry I do not like the word "zerk")?

You might not like the word "ZerK" but that is the proper term. Oscar U. Zerk, born in Austria, was living in the USA and working for the Alamite Corp. in the 1920's when he invented, and patented, his "lubrication receiving nipple" (US patent 1,619,454) .