davidlandy Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 I today changed a kapput drop arm ball joint on my 90 - the arm wouldnt come off so I had to do it in situ which was entertaining...getting the top part out of the arm was tricky, as was getting the new one in! anyway I fitted all of the parts but had a part left over which I couldnt work out where it was supposed to go. I can only describe it as a metal 'collar' thats the same diameter as the hole in the drop arm. any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Got a photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlandy Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 i dont have a picture , but if you go to this thread , about halfway down is a picture of the kit - the part I got left over is at the bottom of the picture in the middle http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=14338 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 We both posed at the same time ................ thats the rim collar .......... its not that inportant Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Take the rim collar in your right hand, turn it so that the widest part is uppermost and then hoy it in the bin. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Take the rim collar in your right hand, turn it so that the widest part is uppermost and then hoy it in the bin. Les. funny, that's exactly what I did, Les just a thought, try and use a moly fortified grease when re-packing the joint, particularly a Calcium Sulfonate based one if available. Calcium Sulfonate grease is pretty much water proof and resists corrosion better than a lithium or aluminium base. CAT use a 5% moly calcium sulfonate grease for chassis lube on the big gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I find your use of 'hoy' interesting, Les. I would have thought this to be a South-Africanism as it comes from Afrikaans 'gooi' where the g is pronounced rather like the Scots ch in loch. Sorry, 'gooi' means 'to throw', and is often used by non-Afrikaans speakers (like me). Is it a common Brit usage? (I've been here too long to tell). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Newcastle folk say hoy - as in throw. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlandy Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 well whatever its called i have chucked, lobbed even tossed it into the bin! great advice Guys and thanks for the info in the tech archive. I loaded the new joint with castrol LM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hoy seems to be a word that Geordie, Dutch and Afrikaans have in common. I do now remember that the Geordies used that word. At one time I could understand Geordie quite well. We used to sing 'The Lampton Warm' in cockney to drive Geordies up the wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 As has been said hoy is Geordie. So is cuddy. Now that word is very different in southern england to the Geordie one. Gowk, or gouk meaning core is another Gerdie word. As in apple gowk. I also found out that it means the center core of a four strand rope for the shrouds. Now how about canny. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 If, or when, the joint cover rips, through being twisted as the pin twists within the outer, you will have learnt the possible benefit of having the the collar on the shaft instead of in the bin. I'm not saying it's a serious issue, just saying there is a reason for it. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlandy Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 the rubber boot seems to be able to twist quite freely without it (the collar) on mine. Its only held on by a metallic hair band kind of spring. I also tried to fit it on there yesterday when I was trying to find out where it went, and it wouldnt fit - the diameter was clearly too small. seems to me that the bin was still appropriate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 I hadn't looked at the repair thread you referenced when I replied earlier, as I thought I recognised the part from your description. Now I've looked at the picture its clear I was writing about something else altogether. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 'to hoy' something has also been common usage here too. My Grandmother always used it when I was a child. (and that was quite a while ago know, at least in years, not necessarily in maturity) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boothy Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The Clay Heads" or "Jug Heads" (people from the Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent) greet one another with the statement, "Hoy Up Duck" that adds intreague dunt it. Booto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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