jcramin
Memphis, TN
Senior Member
Joined: 10/21/2003
View Profile
 Online
|
I have a Dual Cam High Performance Sway Control that was installed at the dealer and the dealer was not as percise as I would be and now I need to make a small adjustment.
I need to know what size the BIG nuts are on the Cam Arm that holds the arm and adjusts the arm in the Cam Arm Yoke.
Thanks,
J
2007 Weekend Warrior FS2500
2005 Dodge Ram 2500 QC 4X4 HEMI
|
C.B.
APPLETON WI USA
Senior Member
Joined: 12/15/2003
View Profile
Online
|
1 3/8" goes on really hard. 1 7/16" fits a little lose. Large crescent wrench fits perfect.
CBVP2004~FORD~F350~CC~LARIAT~SRW~SB~4X4~6.0D~
TORQSHIFT AUTO~PULLRITE 16K SUPERGLIDE~DEMCO GLIDERIDE
PRODIGY BRAKE CONTROLLER~C-BETR MIRRORS~ROTOCHOKS
CB Family Fleet
Butch&Barb 03Cardinal~Duane&Holli 05CedarCreek~Kris&Katy 06Cherokee~ Brian&Maia 04Jayco
 (2).jpg)
|
dyb
s.c.
Senior Member
Joined: 01/24/2005
View Profile
 Offline
|
use large crescent
2005 F 250 5.4, 4.10 Gear, Tow/Haul, TorqShift Tranny 8ft. Box
Built in Break Controller
Super Duty super cab 158" wheel base
Eagle 320 rlds 2008
Raised Oct, 1988
Reese Dual Cam
|
mosseater
Dillsburg, PA
Senior Member
Joined: 10/19/2007
View Profile
Offline
|
Let me guess. You are going to attempt to squre up the trunion so the spring bar rides flat on it. I noticed the trunion shafts are keyed so they can`t rotate, but mine are not sqare to the bracket and, consequently, the spring bar. I`m not so worried about the spring bar as I am the keeper plate on the end of the chain. When the trunion isn`t perpendicular to the keeper, the keeper side loads the connection pin instead of putting it in shear. I`m afraid It`ll eventually bend or snap off the keeper pin. Anybody else worried about this or is it normal?
"It`s not important that you know all the answers, it`s only important to know where to get all the answers" Arone Kleamyck
"...An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Col. Jeff Cooper
Sunset Creek 298 BH
|
NHguy
NH
Senior Member
Joined: 04/01/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
My big pipe wrench did a good job, but a crescent won't make as much of a mark.
05 F150 FX4 Supercrew, 5.4, 3.73 LS, Jordan Ultima 2020 Brake Controller,
04 TrailCruiser 30QBSS, Battery Disconnect,
Dual Cam HP, Ultra Fab Power Tongue Jack, Bal Lockarm Stabilizers
|
|
|
fla-gypsy
North Florida
Senior Member
Joined: 04/19/2005
View Profile
Offline
|
I used an adjustable wrench, no worries.
05 Super Duty XLT CC 5.4/3.73 5 sp auto Torqshift
06 Keystone Hornet 29 RLS/(The"Cracker Cabana")
Reese HP Dual Cam
Camping Photos
Northeast Florida Camping Club
St Andrews SP cult member
|
31 tundra
Elizabethtown, pa.
Full Member
Joined: 11/22/2007
View Profile
|
mosseater wrote:I noticed the trunion shafts are keyed so they can`t rotate, but mine are not sqare to the bracket and, consequently, the spring bar.
Mosseater,
I have that same problem with the left side if your standing at the front looking back. I looked at mine and discovered that when they keywayed it at the factory, the cutter was shot and walked off center a good .06. I opened the keyway that was off, and it is better. The cam now has rub marks nearly the entire width from the spring bar. I am going to adjust it one more time and I think it will be good.
Sorry, jcramin I did not mean to hi-jack your thread but I thought I was the only one that has this problem.
05 E-350 15 pass.van
08 Tundra 31 BH-DSL
|
mosseater
Dillsburg, PA
Senior Member
Joined: 10/19/2007
View Profile
Offline
|
Quote: have that same problem with the left side if your standing at the front looking back. I looked at mine and discovered that when they keywayed it at the factory, the cutter was shot and walked off center a good .06.
Is there any room for fudging on the keyway? I have a feeling it`s pretty acurate if it`s like a normal keyway. Did you file it or broach it? I haven`t loosened mine to look at it.I`m not off much, but it is noticeable. And, it`s digging a hole in the outside edge of each trunion. Is my work never done?!
|
31 tundra
Elizabethtown, pa.
Full Member
Joined: 11/22/2007
View Profile
|
I used an end mill and a bridgeport milling machine and I cut only the side that is against the key in the bracket. The reason the cam fit into the bracket with the keyway off center is the clearance between the od of the threaded rod and the id of the bracket. The keyways actually have about .03 slop in them, and with the od/id clearance you can pivot the cam to fit into both keyways at the same time. I think I am going to take about .025 more out of the keyway and then I should be level. You're right---is the work ever done.
|
mbopp
Henrietta, NY, USA
Senior Member
Joined: 06/20/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
Hmmm....I made a wrench out of some 1/2" stock, flame cut the jaws and fine tuned them with an angle grinder. IIRR it's 1-1/2".
"A bad day of camping is better than a good day at work."
'04 GMC Envoy & '05 Travel Star 21SSO
17' Wenonah Kevlar & 16' Dagger Royalex canoes
http://community.webshots.com/user/mbopp0153
|
|
|
