help me ID this beam

[sanhozeezee]

i bought this beam from a fellow samba member. unfortunately he can't recall who made it. it's a 4" narrowed beam with thicker side plates.

i'm trying to punch out the center pin and it looks like the tube has a machined lip so the brass insert can only go one way and has to back out. notice the last pic, the bearing is thicker that the other bearing reveals in the tube. i tried the make-shift puller route and it won't budge.

[BarryL]

Can't help ID.

Is the grease fitting below the thick bushing or does it go into it? If it goes into it it might be burred and jamming it. Either way you could run a rotary rasp down the brass bushing and carve a channel all the way to the steel. That would relieve the tension so your tool could pull on it. I don't think accidentally cutting into the steel would even hurt for the install. If the bushings are not stock then you will have to have those made.

[sanhozeezee]

thanks barryL i did just that and relieved some of the tension. worked its way out but i had to tap from both ends. i was able to confirm the tube has a recess so the brass fittings can only go back so far. crap design IMO cause you'll have to drop the beam if you ever need to replace them.

[johny__utah]

Its a Puma (Brazilian) narrowed beam. The older version. CB Performance use to sell them.
_________________
1956 L31
1961 L346 L347
1963 L380 L289