This is the way I did it. I raised the car, loosed the upper ball joint and
rack end, swiveled the upright until parallel to the floor, put a piece of 1
/2" pipe over the stub axel to the floor and hit several times and it fell
out. Very easy.
Charly Mitchel
TR6 #44
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
To: "Charly Mitchel" <charly@mitchelplumbing.com>; "Robert M. Lang"
<lang@isis.mit.edu>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:34 AM
Subject: Re: [FOT] Re: Front Spindles
> This is the experience I've had with the several kits I've installed.
> The sudden blow seems to do it better than constant pressure. The
> last two kits I installed I didn't remove the uprights from the car
> -- but they don't all act the same. I wish those Brits hadn't
> discovered tapered joints :)
>
>
> At 02:12 PM 3/8/2006, Charly Mitchel wrote:
> >I had very little problems getting the stock axel stubs out. I didn't
have
> >a press though, I think I used what we call a single jack or it might
have
> >been a half jack. I basically took the upright and supported it with a
> >piece of pipe of the proper diameter and length and popped it loose with
a 5
> >lb maul. I don't recall if I heated it slightly or not, but it came out
> >easy.
> >I haven't heard anything about the uprights being inferior on the TR6 or
> >TR4.
> >Charly Mitchel
> >TR6 #44
>
> uncle jack
>
>
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