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@Jon, many thanks for the video, pictures, and description. Much appreciated! 🙂👍 I saw in the video that the axle was already attached to the rotor with some friction before you riveted it. Remember I mentioned that my shaft is so loose in the rotor that it falls out by itself? The play between the rotor and the shaft is minimal (0.01mm to 0.02mm) but I'm still worried that the rotor will have time to move or jump up a bit on the first strike with the hammer. Well, maybe it's just a matter of being careful not to hold the rotor at any angle to the stump, but right up against the stump. I read in the article that @Knebo linked to that the stump should be mirror polished so that gave me a reason to enjoy polishing for a while 😉 I chose the largest stump. I guess it's just important that the stump covers the entire axle head.
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My mystery tool drawer holds something that looks like a reamer holder. It's diameter is smaller than the one from my Seitz jewelling set (6,3 vs 8mm). Does anyone know what brand staking set or jewelling set or ?? uses 6,3mm tools?
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I made a very quick video of changing the axle from a Rolex 1570. When I've got more time I'll make a better one with commentary to put on my YouTube channel. Here's the link to my cloud where you'll find pics and vids https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uo47kyawtE-nTPkc9gVr9Z_I261oX-PR?usp=sharing The trick is, when you have the axle in place in the rotor and it isn't a tight fit holding it in place you have to make sure when you are holding the rotor on the stump that the rotor isn't angled down in any direction, because the axle will rivet in at an angle which could really damage the rotor and ruin the axle. Also, you'll notice the original rivet had twice as many rivet marks; the generic punches only have six. Don't worry about that, they work fine. You have to hit the riveting stake sufficiently hard enough to rivet the axle in place, but not so hard you'll crack the top of the axle, which is easily done. This pic is a worn axle. Compare the pic to the next one of a new axle Here's the new axle This is the new axle rivetted in place. Notice only six rivet marks
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