I'm building a 1914 engine & transmission to fit my 1914 Touring.
(it has a 1919 engine etc in it now) The aluminum hogshead needs lettered pedals. I have a set but the clutch shaft is damaged and needs to be replaced. I ground off the pins and drove them out.
But man... the shaft is really stuck in the pedal arm. Heating, banging--- no movement. Any ideas? More heat? Heat just one part. The photo is of the troublesome pedal with damaged shaft (someone cut the end off) and the new shaft and pins.
Thanks for your suggestions. Craig in Carlsbad CA
Craig, If you can concentrate the heat only on the pedal sleeve itself and use enough heat to bring it up red hot quickly and be ready to drive it out as soon as possible I think it should come on out. you may have to get a little help to do this. problem is if you heat to slowly the shaft swells up as much as the part your trying to remove. good luck, hope you get it! keith b
Hello Keith and Happy Thanksgiving too --
Well I went back in the shop, got out the rosebud torch tip, cranked up the pressure and got the pedal sleeve cherry red... and smashed away with a drift pin and hammer. It took 4 re-heatings before the shaft finally came out. I have never seen such a tight fit. Wow. The end of the old shaft is now concave. The replacement shaft slides right in.. merely "snug". I was being timid about over-heating the pedal..... but now that the temper is changed it may bend like a pretzel. I'll get to find out when I get it back in the car a year from now. Gotta go eat some turkey.
Thanks, Craig in Carlsbad CA
Put antisieze on that thing so the next guy wont have to beat on it that hard in 80 years!
I am glad to see you had that much good luck.I fiannly just flat gave up trying to get the inside piece off a 26-7 pedal I wanted to use on my project.
Thanks Mack -- Yes, anti-seize + 80 years or so... sounds like a good experiment. Leave it to my great-grand kids when gas is $100 a gallon. thanks, Craig in Carlsbad CA