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Gear lever rose joint removal
Fleabie:
Hi all,
I am trying to remove the rose joint from my gear lever so as it can be re-chromed. Please see photo for the bit I am referring to. Has anyone managed to remove these intact ? I've tried pressing it out using using a hammer & punch and also using a press. I've tried a bit of heat too. I am assuming it is press fitted and not threaded? How do people get them out or do people drill them out and replace with new?
Thanks
Bill.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Oddjob knows how - sadly Ken is currently suspended here.
AshimotoK0:
There is a wire circlip you need to winkle out with a fine pick.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Not forgetting Ash! 👍👍👍
Laverda Dave:
I have tried a couple of times in the past to get the joint apart but failed! In the end I took the complete gear lever for chroming but as I knew the plater I asked him to do his best to avoid damaging the joint and to his credit it came back all ok. I don’t know anyone who has managed to separate the joint to reassemble it.
The actual joint is a weak spot on the 400/4 suffering with high wear and becoming sloppy.
I think Ken (Oddjob) on here did try to make a conversion using a rose joint arrangement, I don't know if he completed it. You may find something relating to it if you try a search on the 400 and 500 pages although when he left Ken deleted a lot of his posts unfortunately.
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