Air cat 1150 rebuild?

[Honda-Mech]

Hi guys, I have the opportunity to buy a moderately used Air cat 1150 for cheap. The reverse forward lever on the back is stuck. My plan is to buy this and rebuild this but I have no experience rebuilding impacts. Does it require any special tools such as a bearing Press? ? Is the stuck lever an easy fix if I decide to not do a full teardown?

 

[tlevan03]

You don't need any special tools. Just remove the long torx head bolts and she will come apart. I recently broke the nose on mine, and i found that it is difficult to get parts yourself. Acrid, which is made by flordia pneumatic, only sells parts to authorized dealers. I had to order the replacement nose through my Mac guy. You may be able to just take it apart and clean it all out.

 

[stikman56]

What you'll probably find is it's just bound up. It's aluminum and I've seen them that way before. They are a tight fit. Light sanding and a tad bit of grease and it'll turn again. Pay attention to the gasket/washer that fits at the back of it in-between it and the body when you put it back together. Be careful when you pull it out, there's a tiny detente ball and spring in the knob, if you don't it'll go flying and you'll never see it again.