MikeR
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 11:37 PM |
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How to remove sierra tripode metal covers
Firstly, before you do this go to ford and buy some replacement metal outer sleves.
Mads has recently posted this,
"Ford Parts UK - 01722 424224 £11.91 + Vat each
Don't know part number but you will need some measurements [not sure what though] to determine which ones you need. . The gaitors are attached to
the metal sleeve btw. "
I got mine from Ford in Nuneaton after quoting the registration number for a car in about 2007 (i take a long time to do things).
Now if you can't get any outer sleves, this thread is for you - after managing to cut a grove in one of my tripodes due to using an angle grinder
to cut off the outer metal sleve instead of a hack saw I wanted to find a different way to remove the others. Whilst doing this, i realised i could
reuse the metal sleves.
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/3/post.php?action=newthread&fid=3
So, here's some pictures as i prised them off.
Firstly clean up around the bit pointed to by the screwdriver. You don't want to be prising muck into the tripode joint.
 
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Put a flat bladed screwdriver underneeth the lip and twist / lever. The lip should start to move.
 
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Not a great picture, but you can see a little progress
 
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Now learning from my experience, id not start at one point and work my way around as I did. I'd leave four little sections untouched. This will
hold the can in place till your ready to remove it. It will then be easier to remove because ...... when you end up with 2cm left, the whole thing
shifts and its really hard to prise that section. I'd leave the four points to be no more than 5mm in length. (as i didn't do this,
i've no pictures).
After a while it will look like this,
 
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Now don't forget to release the rubber boot. I did first time, its probably easier to do this before you start prising the lip.
 
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The problem now is getting the can off. If you can get all the can lip prised up then it will, with a tug, come off. On the second one i did i
couldn't do this (and hence the hint / suggestion about leaving 4 of 5mm sections to come back to). As I couldn't get the second one off, i
tapped the top lip with the screwdriver. Be careful as this is the lip the rubber boot attaches to so spread the taps around.
from this,
 
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tappety tap to this,
 
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Hope this helps someone. Future hints and tips will include how to make a seat 3 times and still not be happy & making steering column mountings
for the umpteenth time because you changed your mind 
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 11:38 PM |
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Now Mads - if you mess this up when you do yours, you owe me a pint
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mads
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 09:44 AM |
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haha! cheers for the guide though if I can get the metal sleeves then mine are being cut off!! 
We gain knowledge faster than we do wisdom!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
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MikeR
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 04:42 PM |
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Just be careful that you don't cut into the tripode ...... the metal sleve doesn't have any space between itself and the tripode.
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