[SickToo]

If you are getting ready to install a cradle lockout (highly recommended when running a drag radial on a prepped surface) you may have read how removing the limiter plate is the hardest part of the installation. I made a tool that basically pops these right off. No drilling required. HMU if you want one

 

[OldMoparGuy]

Gear puller type device? I drilled mine out so I’m just asking out of curiosity.

 

[2ndgen]

Interested. My BMR kit is sitting on my living room floor waiting for a weekend with enough time to do the install...

 

[SickToo]

Gear puller type device? I drilled mine out so I’m just asking out of curiosity.

Naw tried that fist. Turned down a insert but couldn’t grab the plate w a puller so made a tool that removes almost all the press by slightly distorting the alum part

 

[SickToo]

Interested. My BMR kit is sitting on my living room floor waiting for a weekend with enough time to do the install...

You or yer buddy have a lathe?

 

[2ndgen]

I might be able to find someone with a lathe

 

[SickToo]

If so get a 125mm long 13mm hex head bolt and a short piece of 1/2” pipe. Bevel the i.d. of the pipe about 40° so it moves the center of the bushing away from the limiter plate. I didn’t have any 1/2” pipe handy and wasn’t going back after already buying a puller that didn’t work. But I did have a 125mm bolt that was threaded full reach and a keps nut that fit it : )

I turned down the nut, reversed it, and when tightened against the center of the bushing it removed enough of the interference that I could easily pry the plate off

 

[GreenMachine15]

Its a good idea rather than having to drill, I get it.
But the time it takes to drill it and get it off was less than 5 minutes per side. So fabbing a tool will take longer than just getting the job done IMHO.
I feel like if people had issues getting these off, they are not capable of making the tool either.

Appreciate the info regardless.

 

[SickToo]

Was your car on the ground or on a lift when you drilled them?

 

[GreenMachine15]

Was your car on the ground or on a lift when you drilled them?

On a park lift.
It would have been easier if it was on jack stands and I could have been kneeling in the fenderwell. If someone is laying under it while they are drilling, they need to evaluate the job before starting the work.

And get a new cobalt drill bit, don't try to drill this with some old bit unless you love the punishment.

 

[OldMoparGuy]

Had mine on jack stands with new bit and long assed crow bar. Piece of cake.