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Chisam
AMC Nut Joined: Jun/14/2010 Location: PA. - Europe Status: Offline Points: 347 |
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I changed the bolts on my pump as well and I just got new bolts and then added threads to them. They are 3/8 16 thread and not hard to do with a hand die.
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1968 AMX 390 4SP
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CamJam
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Hey, that's a great idea! Thanks!! |
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'73 Javelin 360 (current project)
'72 Baja Bronze Javelin SST '69 Big Bad Orange AMX (2018 Teague Heritage Award) SOLD |
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JFox
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It only looks organized because I pushed all the crap out of the way for the pictures. |
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68 AMX 390 Go Pack Rally Pack
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amxdreamer
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Same here Scott, the local steering shop pointed out to me that the manual doesn't show the process correctly. |
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Tony
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Kapptaink
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The first time I fixed mine I did it the first instinct way.When I did it for Charleston I did it the way Scott it describing. The seal goes on without damaging it.
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CamJam
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Here's what I've learned playing with this rascal off and on for a week. The National (aka Federal Mogul) brand front seal (part # 6835S) goes on much easier than the one supplied in the Napa rebuild kit. The metal part of the shell is wider on the Napa seal, which makes it stronger, but it also means the rubber lip is narrower so does not deflect as easily. It also seems that the rubber is harder. This makes it more likely to catch on the lip, so it turns inside out or tears when you try to slip it over the ridge on the shaft. Even using electrical tape lubricated with transmission fluid I tore a couple of these.
The rubber on the National seal (available from O'Reilly's) is more pliant, so it slips over the ridge easier. However, the metal shell is weaker, so you have to be careful when you pound it in not to deform the shell (ask me how I know). Make sure you use a socket that goes all the way to the outer edge of the shell. It went on so easily that I wondered if it was making a good seal, but I checked the inside dimensions of a spare National seal with calipers and compared it to the Napa one, and the National was actually ever-so-slightly smaller. So if anything, it should seal better. Another difference... I couldn't come up with any good way to measure it as my small metal ruler has gone AWOL, but to my eye the National seal seems more recessed than the Napa seal, so if you have any sort of groove worn in your shaft from the old seal, one or the other of these might work better for you in this respect (depending on where your shaft is worn). Edited by CamJam - Sep/04/2014 at 1:01pm |
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'72 Baja Bronze Javelin SST '69 Big Bad Orange AMX (2018 Teague Heritage Award) SOLD |
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