Is This A Serviceable Beam?

[jimistdt 1]

A quick question for anyone whos rebult a few beams please.

 

I've just been and had a look at a beam I've got in the shed, I've had it a while but today I decided to give it a wipe down and have a proper look at it. I gave the Shafts a little rub with some 400 wet and dry soaked with Plusgas just to get rid of a little surface rust.

 

 

 

Various photos of the shafts and bearings

 

 

 

A quick spray with plusgas and a wipe down with an old dishcloth

 

And the bearing are free to rotate

 

Edited April 21, 2009 by jimistdt

[Baz 421]

Lookks pretty good to me!

[Tom Fenton 1,526]

Look good to me, there are some witness marks where it has been in use before, but I reckon it is good to reuse. Check the bearings v carefully as I have seen some that are free to rotate but have slight flats on the rollers. TBH for what they cost I'd think about swapping them.

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

looks like you dont need new shafts anyway

Have the needle bearings left any impressions in the beam tube or shafts?

[Anthony 1,000]

Shafts look OK from what I can see in the pictures, but as a matter of course replace the seals and bearings before you put it back together

[jimistdt 1]

Happy Days!

 

Thanks Tom and Baz for the quick responses.

 

I've just had another look at the bearings and when i wiped my finger over them they looked like new, no dirt in between the rollers. But I will heed the advice and get some more bearings and seals

 

I'm really pleased about that its a bit of a faf trying to get a pair of arm shafts these days.

Edited April 21, 2009 by jimistdt

[welshpug 1,626]

as above, looks very good.

 

you can get a bearing+seal kit from peugeot/citroen for about £30+ vat, if there's any sign of wear/polishing at all I'd be tempted to press the shafts out and fit them back in rotated 180 degrees, but they look fine.

[jord294 87]

up to date prices are

 

513145 bearing £8.01 each

513249 bearing £8.33 each

515408 seal £4.26 each

 

all plus vat, and i haven't put the price up for the metal ring the seal sits in

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

I'd say the pin with the marks on really needs replacing, Not something I would use unless dare I say it for a car I was selling