Actually it wasn't bad. I liked the fact that Georg had several Red Head steering boxes on the shelf. A couple of days later the rig was back on the road. I shipped the old one out for a core deposit. No fuss, no muss, no cuss!
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@majdomo Don’t get too scared, it’s not that hard to do. Definitely sand down the sharp edge where the bores meet. It’s ok to get kind of aggressive with it - I think I started at 120 and worked my way to 400, which was unnecessary. Anyway, the sharp edge of the bores isn’t a feature and it’s not critical, it’s just a byproduct of the manufacturing process. As you slide the piston in you can come in through the other bore and guide the teflon seal with a finger or a dull flathead screwdriver. Just compress it a little bit as it starts to pass the sharp edge. Honestly I cut my first one because I wasn’t really paying attention. Got it right on the second try with minimal effort.
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Sounds good - thanks for the added detail. I read also a dull tool of some kind (trim puller was the example I saw) was what did it. As long as it squishes down some getting to that part of the housing it should be good to go. The shim / guard idea is just to stick something thin and flexible between the teflon seal and the sharp edge, that I can pull out once it's past the edge. I see a lot of ATF in my future!
This is a good option just in case it gets weird with the rebuild. I'm encouraged by what I've read and seen online to try this on my own, but we'll see how I feel about it after tomorrow..
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