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[Reese69]

hi guys

i am having a shocker - i brought a HICAS kit of a mate wich cam with rods attached thinking this would be easy pull hicas out as a hole then put the lock bar in as one

but i have all of it off apart from the rods i can not get the over the bolt - how are they attached? is it easy change?

as you can see it the pic with the lock kit is hard to separate as i dont have a tool to fit - my shiftier is to wide it hits both sides..

basically i wanna take rods off and fit it as one-

[Reese69]

[GTSBoy]

The original rear tie rod end is on a ball joint at the outer. You have to split the joint off the taper, then, assuming the kit you bought doesn't just fit back to the tapers, you need to get the ball joints pressed out of the knuckle and bushes to suit the new arms pressed in. Perhaps you'd best show us some photos of the outer ends of the new arms.

[Reese69]

mmm ok ill take a pic this arvo -

if i can find a spanner of a shifter thin enough ill be fine ill be able to undo the lock bar in the above pic

[GTSBoy]

OK, I read what you wrote more carefully and see that you can't split it at the inner end because your shifter hits both flats. If you could split it you'd keep your existing rods connected to the knuckles. If you can't split it you'll take your existing rods off with your HICAS rack and use the rods that came with the lockbar.

I'm now assuming that both sets of rods are the same so it won't make much difference either way. So if you have to split the rod ends off the ball joints, then do so. If you really prefer to keep your existing rods, then perhaps you need to make a spanner up out of some flat steel. You just need to angle grind in a notch into a bit of steel that is thick and deep enough to be strong, but not so thick that it causes the same problem as your shifter has.

Otherwise, just go down to the tool shop and buy a suitable spanner or two. Jobs like these are excuses to buy nice tools.

[Reese69]

hey

i got it sorted i went to bunnings and found a flash shifter with thinner teeth all sorted now -

perfect shifter