Bogie Greaser

[john shutzbaugh]

A couple of weeks ago The Stretch blew a tire on the driver's side rear. Did a good deal of damage to the fender flare and generator door. That
damage is in process to repair, but I am left with a problem that has me stymied. The disintegrating tire cut off the bogie greasers flush with the
end of the suspension pins. Have extracted the threaded portion of the greaser, but I cannot access the piece of copper tubing which extends into the
pin to grease the inner portion. Have probed with a piece of safety wire and found that one is about 2 inches in and the other about 3 inches in.

I quickly ran out of ideas about how to extract them. Any ideas will be appreciated.

John Shutzbaugh
--
John Shutzbaugh, Vacaville, CA, ncserv;
77 Eleganza, bought it new, can't blame PO; and
78 Buskirk stretch, "What were we thinking?"

 

[emerystora]

John
I broke one off and I got it out by bending the end of a stiff wire (less than a 1/8”) pushing it into the tube and hooking the inside edge and pulling it out.

Emery Stora

>
> A couple of weeks ago The Stretch blew a tire on the driver's side rear. Did a good deal of damage to the fender flare and generator door. That
> damage is in process to repair, but I am left with a problem that has me stymied. The disintegrating tire cut off the bogie greasers flush with the
> end of the suspension pins. Have extracted the threaded portion of the greaser, but I cannot access the piece of copper tubing which extends into the
> pin to grease the inner portion. Have probed with a piece of safety wire and found that one is about 2 inches in and the other about 3 inches in.
>
> I quickly ran out of ideas about how to extract them. Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> John Shutzbaugh
> --
> John Shutzbaugh, Vacaville, CA, ncserv;
> 77 Eleganza, bought it new, can't blame PO; and
> 78 Buskirk stretch, "What were we thinking?"
>
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[Jim Hupy]

Use a long screw on the end of a slide hammer. Screw it into the tubes, and
give a couple of strokes on the slide hammer. Should come out easily.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 9:05 AM Emery Stora via Gmclist <

> John
> I broke one off and I got it out by bending the end of a stiff wire (less
> than a 1/8”) pushing it into the tube and hooking the inside edge and
> pulling it out.
>
> Emery Stora
>
> > On Aug 31, 2020, at 9:56 AM, John Shutzbaugh via Gmclist <

> >
> > A couple of weeks ago The Stretch blew a tire on the driver's side
> rear. Did a good deal of damage to the fender flare and generator door.
> That
> > damage is in process to repair, but I am left with a problem that has me
> stymied. The disintegrating tire cut off the bogie greasers flush with the
> > end of the suspension pins. Have extracted the threaded portion of the
> greaser, but I cannot access the piece of copper tubing which extends into
> the
> > pin to grease the inner portion. Have probed with a piece of safety wire
> and found that one is about 2 inches in and the other about 3 inches in.
> >
> > I quickly ran out of ideas about how to extract them. Any ideas will be
> appreciated.
> >
> > John Shutzbaugh
> > --
> > John Shutzbaugh, Vacaville, CA, ncserv;
> > 77 Eleganza, bought it new, can't blame PO; and
> > 78 Buskirk stretch, "What were we thinking?"
> >
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[john shutzbaugh]

Thanks Emery & Jim. Sometimes my brain needs a little nudge to get it working again! Right now I am comparing a 5" galvanized deck screw to a
replacement greaser and think it will be my weapon of choice. It will have to wait a few days till I get the coach back from the body shop. I'll
report on the outcome later.

Thanks again, John
--
John Shutzbaugh, Vacaville, CA, ncserv;
77 Eleganza, bought it new, can't blame PO; and
78 Buskirk stretch, "What were we thinking?"