Fan shroud internal frame spacers

[robgt]

What's the trick to fitting these things then?
The one behind the engine I think I've got figured out, because I can phisically get to it, but the one below the servos... argh!???

The spacers have flats on them so you can use a 4.5mm spanner to hold it steady - which would be great if you could get a spanner onto it!

I need a pointer as to how this can be fitted. Perhaps more importantly, how it will subsequently be removed when I need to drop the engine in future?
Please help
Cheers,
Rob

[Swashbuckler]

A real pain and it needs changing IMO but I used some 45 degree angled pliers. It's not ideal and you need to crack any threadlock first by using a hex each side and then do which ever one comes loose first back up so you can crack the other side. You will scratch them a bit with pliers too. If I'd have realised about the spanner I'd have modified one of those with a vice so it could get in there.

[ROSSCO]

Best way i have found Rob is to use the bolts to hold the spacers in place on one side of the frame and fit the fan shroud half on the opposite side and secure in place with the bolts, this secures the shroud half and also holds the spacers in place for the remaining shroud half.

It's probably my only fault i can pick with it, its no great shakes but just takes a little faffing. Would have been better if the central spacers with fixed in place

[Swashbuckler]

My garbled reply was more about removal btw. Only did it twice so I'm sure there's other ways around it.

[robgt]

Thanks guy.
But how do you hold them in place to get a bolt into one side (this was what I thought of doing as it is the most logical way I could see to do it)?

Everything else so far has been a breeze.
This is just daft.

Cheers,
Rob

[robgt]

Just for clarity... the fan shroud, frames and clutch bell are all in the way of (surrounding) the spacer below the servos

Cheers,
Rob

[ROSSCO]

The front one is alittle tricky, but if you have little pinkies or know somebody with small hands then this is the job for them.

Failing that, some bent nose foreceps! :-)

[robgt]

Little pinkies I don't have
LOL

Bendy nose forceps I have though... will take a look tomorrow!
Thanks Ross!

Cheers,
Rob

[Smoothound]

I got mine in position early in the build and fiddled the shroud on at the appropriate point

[jamiem]

Some angled nose pliers will hold it enough to start the bolt in the thread, then get the other side started and use 2 m3 drivers to tighten simultaneously. I agree, its the one thing I would change about the model. When changing the engine, take one side off, then refit the bolt to hold the spacer in place, it will save a lot of messing when putting it back in!

[ROSSCO]

The N5 fly's that good that i can forgive it this one little vice!

Although if you do one side at a time using the bolts to hold the spacers in place it is quite easy.

Favorite machine at the moment, clearing the beanch for a second one!