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Tawny Owl
 


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Butterfly valve spindle

Hey Guys Thumbs Up

Im having trouble removing the butterfly spindle as I am in the middle of blanking the egr's/removing butterfly valve.

Censored thing is gonna break if I lever it too much with the screwdriver , any suggestions ?

Cheers Guys Thumbs Up Thumbs Up

Tawny  
Post #5030062nd Aug 2009 8:51 pm
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Tawny Owl
 


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Well after reading 18 pages on a previous post on egr's , it sounds like its gonna stay in place and get secured with a self tapper Mr. Green

Tawny  
Post #5030602nd Aug 2009 11:07 pm
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Discoeast
 


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Tawnyowl, some of them are a bit tight, I used two pribars, they look like
a flat blade screw driver with wider heads and are bent at about a 45 deg angle.
The trick is to apply equal force with both bars to pop it off and they must be opposite
each other. Flat screw drivers can work, but don't get in behind the actuator that well.
If you feel you are going to break something, disconnect the linkage and put a self
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I used waterpump pliers and made sure I was pulling exactly along the direction of the spindle. It required more force than you'd think, and I had to be careful not to crush the part as it is hollow Rolling Eyes

I suspect If I had to do it again, I'd use a couple of those small bicycle tyre levers, and do as DiscoEast suggested.

edit : http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/post323875.html#323875 may give some hints too Thumbs Up Dr. Ian Malcolm:
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Tawny Owl
 


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Cheers for yer advice Thumbs Up

Job done now , Scared to lever too hard so opted out and used a self tapper Whistle

Hope nothings gonna happen now its blocked open all the time Shocked

Tawny Thumbs Up  
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