Dave,
I don't know how long yours have been in, but they can be stubborn to remove.
When I last removed mine, it seems to me that I remember having to use a
hand-maul (hand sledge) to drive the fulcrum pin out. I hammered carefully on
the threaded end, and eventually a good sharp whack broke them loose. The
problem seems to be that the washers, and the inner metal sleeves of the
rubber bushings can freeze to the pin.. When driving the pin out, the bushings
absorb a lot of the impact, so it is hard to break the pin loose with even a
normal weight hammer.. I don't suppose a penetrating oil would hurt the
process, but it would be hard to get it in to the metal sleeves in the
bushings where it is needed.
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
----- Original Message -----
From: HealeyBN7@aol.com
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:08 PM
Subject: Fulcrum pins won't budge
Help. The inner fulcrum pins on the lower wishbone arms on my BN7 will not
move. I have, after much work, managed to remove the split pins and castle
nuts. The fulcrum pins however are not even beginning to move.
Frustration
is setting in and before I go crazy on them and do something really dumb I
thought I'd back away and ask the experts. I have searched the archives
with no
real success on the lower inner fulcrum pins. Thanks for any advise.
Dave
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