Having had problems with this bolt many times, I was pleasantly surprised
to see the bolts slide right out on my 72B. The trick - the previous owner
had replaced the rubber bushing with those modern polyurethane bushings.
They seem to hold up well and don't put a death grip on the bolt. So I now
use the bushings for the front shocks as well as the a-arms.
David Councill
67 BGT
72 B
At 09:01 AM 7/16/2004 -0400, Timfboston@aol.com wrote:
>Steve,
>
>I was so frustrated trying to free my fulcrum pin on my '71 B that I ended
>up taking off one the shock/damper arms and unbolting the whole shock from
>the car with the fulcrum pin still attached. I soaked the pin/shock
>absorber arm in a pail of Coca Cola for a day or two. (I also picked out
>as much of the decaying bushing around the fulcrum pin to let the Coke do
>its magic.) Pin came right out. A lot easier than banging the hell out
>of it. (I Was replacing my shocks at the time with rebuilt ones from
>Apple Hydraulics.)
>
>Best of luck,
>
>Tim
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