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| | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 | Guys I have a spindle on 82 p3032 ifs the threads are slightly damaged. Have repair methods. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 | If it can't be straightened up with a thread chaser or a thread file, replace the spindle. Do you really want to bet your life on a flaky thread that might let a front wheel come adrift? http://broadwayrental.com/wp-content/uploads/CIMG0050.jpgJerry
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 | Oven ever had a spindle retreaded but have heard of it . I'm always cautious so measure 20 times cut once | | | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 | Sorry hate typing on iPhone | | | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 | My shop guy says turn it and rethread. Any opinions ? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 | Are the spindles so scarce or expensive that replacing it isn't an option? There is probably a very good reason that particular thread size was chosen, I'm sure, and creating a one of a kind spindle on only one side by going to a different (smaller) thread is just asking for trouble. I'm going to climb way out on a limb and assume "82 p3032" means it's on a 1982 truck? If it was on a 1902, 1912, 1922, etc. vehicle, I might be able to understand a heroic effort to salvage a part, but not for something from the 1980's.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 67 | No common easy to get. Just buddy owns a tool and die shop. We are both farmers also, just build what we need most of time. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | From what I understand of the situation I'd also be looking for a better part.
If it absolutely had to be reused I'd probably turn the old threads off, weld to build up the diameter, and turn true and cut new threads back to stock size.
I'd feel better about a new part than I would the repair. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,740 | Machine the spindle to remove all the threads, weld it up with the proper alloy, anneal, heat treat, and normalize the part, then cut new threads. You're talking about a thousand dollars' worth of labor to salvage a part worth a couple of hundred at most, and a definite "maybe" that it's going to be safe afterwards.
Do you also draw to an inside straight? Let's play some high-stakes poker!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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