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July 28th 12, 10:03 PM
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Komet Trailer - Winter Project
Well, it appears that Bill did not get a good response to his question 14 years ago. Has the state of science improved to the point that removing the tongue from the trailer is now a feasible endeavor? I have the same problem as Bill and could use some RAS tips... Thanks!
Bastoune 
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July 28th 12, 10:32 PM
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On Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:03:15 PM UTC-4, Bastoune wrote:
Well, it appears that Bill did not get a good response to his question 14 years ago. Has the state of science improved to the point that removing the tongue from the trailer is now a feasible endeavor? I have the same problem as Bill and could use some RAS tips... Thanks! Bastoune I replaced the tongue on my trailer maybe 13 years ago. IIRC, the only additional thing I had to do was to spray a fair amount of penetrating oil into the sleeve (using the holes where the two bolts were located) and applying some significant torque to twist the whole thing out. Time may have dulled my memory a bit on the exact details, but I do recall it being "intuitively obvious" (i.e. no crazy, hidden stuff).
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July 28th 12, 11:26 PM
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On Jul 28, 5:32*pm, Papa3 wrote:
On Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:03:15 PM UTC-4, Bastoune wrote: Well, it appears that Bill did not get a good response to his question 14 years ago. Has the state of science improved to the point that removing the tongue from the trailer is now a feasible endeavor? I have the same problem as Bill and could use some RAS tips... Thanks! Bastoune I replaced the tongue on my trailer maybe 13 years ago. *IIRC, the only additional thing I had to do was to spray a fair amount of penetrating oil into the sleeve (using the holes where the two bolts were located) and applying some significant torque to twist the whole thing out. * Time may have dulled my memory a bit on the exact details, but I do recall it being "intuitively obvious" (i.e. no crazy, hidden stuff). My 1985 Komet has two big U bolts that clamp down on the outer tube that the tongue assembly slides into. You have to loosen these in addition to pulling out the two big cross bolts that Erik mentions. -Evan / T8
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July 29th 12, 03:39 AM
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Komet Trailer - Winter Project
You can purchase a replacement tongue from Anschau for
around 559 Euro's. Dan At 22:26 28 July 2012, Evan Ludeman wrote: On Jul 28, 5:32=A0pm, Papa3 wrote: On Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:03:15 PM UTC-4, Bastoune wrote: Well, it appears that Bill did not get a good response to his question = 14 years ago. Has the state of science improved to the point that removing = the tongue from the trailer is now a feasible endeavor? I have the same pro= blem as Bill and could use some RAS tips... Thanks! Bastoune I replaced the tongue on my trailer maybe 13 years ago. =A0IIRC, the only= additional thing I had to do was to spray a fair amount of penetrating oil= into the sleeve (using the holes where the two bolts were located) and app= lying some significant torque to twist the whole thing out. =A0 Time may ha= ve dulled my memory a bit on the exact details, but I do recall it being "i= ntuitively obvious" (i.e. no crazy, hidden stuff). My 1985 Komet has two big U bolts that clamp down on the outer tube that the tongue assembly slides into. You have to loosen these in addition to pulling out the two big cross bolts that Erik mentions. -Evan / T8
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July 29th 12, 04:33 AM
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Komet Trailer - Winter Project
You can purchase a replacement tongue from Anschau for
around 559 Euro's. Dan At 22:26 28 July 2012, Evan Ludeman wrote: On Jul 28, 5:32=A0pm, Papa3 wrote: On Saturday, July 28, 2012 5:03:15 PM UTC-4, Bastoune wrote: Well, it appears that Bill did not get a good response to his question = 14 years ago. Has the state of science improved to the point that removing = the tongue from the trailer is now a feasible endeavor? I have the same pro= blem as Bill and could use some RAS tips... Thanks! Bastoune I replaced the tongue on my trailer maybe 13 years ago. =A0IIRC, the only= additional thing I had to do was to spray a fair amount of penetrating oil= into the sleeve (using the holes where the two bolts were located) and app= lying some significant torque to twist the whole thing out. =A0 Time may ha= ve dulled my memory a bit on the exact details, but I do recall it being "i= ntuitively obvious" (i.e. no crazy, hidden stuff). My 1985 Komet has two big U bolts that clamp down on the outer tube that the tongue assembly slides into. You have to loosen these in addition to pulling out the two big cross bolts that Erik mentions. -Evan / T8
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