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Best method for installing annular inserts into banjo?
Posted:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 11:39 pm
by Right hand drive
As per topic, what is the best method to install annular inserts into banjo?
Press fit?
Freeze insert?
warm banjo?
Re: Best method for installing annular inserts into banjo?
Posted:
Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:10 pm
by rgalajda
You would think freeze insert and warm ( heat ) banjo, maybe in hot water would be best . That method has been used on bearings for years.
Re: Best method for installing annular inserts into banjo?
Posted:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:30 am
by Right hand drive
Re: Best method for installing annular inserts into banjo?
Posted:
Sun Mar 06, 2022 11:06 am
by Right hand drive
Hot/cold method didn’t work. Being aluminum the temperatures equalized quickly. Pressed them in with a spacer in a small vice. Takes more effort with the last step to be pressed in then it snaps into place. I did notice after the point of no return with the first two there is a small dimple on the outer edge of the exposed top. I assumed this lined up with the booster leg centerline so that’s what I did for the last two.
Installation end (leg) threaded easy enough with 5/16-32 die.