Don,
What's the point of _keeping_ wisdom? ;-) This diatribe might help, I
hope it does.
Terminology: Damper body - non-ferrous bit that has (or had) the oil in it
Damper lever - aka. arm - the steel arm protruding from the above
having
a tapered hole at its extremity.
Link - the steel rod with a rubber encased "ball joint" with tapered
stud
at the shock arm end and a plain rubber encased stud at the spring-plate end.
As Peter S suggested... for what you are doing you can leave the link
attached to the arm. If you want to remove it, undo the nut and with the
arm securely in a vise, rap the arm (not the link) along its longitudinal
axis so as to "squeeze" the hole thusly "popping-out" the tapered stud.
(This technique works well on tie rod ends also). If the stud rotates so
that you can't remove the nut, then the function of the taper is lost (it
should be tight in the arm) and likely the rubber socket has
deteriorated... consider replacing the link. You'll have to devise a way to
hold that stud to remove the nut (vise-grips?)
Have at it! Peter C
feeling particularly loquaciuos today..... must be spring.
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At 11:38 PM 4/13/99 , DRDohm@aol.com wrote:
>Oh Wise Keepers of Knowledge,
>I successfully removed, refilled and reinstalled my front shocks with
>relatively little muss and fuss. (thanks to all who helped).
>NOW....it's time for the rear.
>I'm looking at my trusty, stained Bentley manual and I can't quite figure
>something out.
>I quote...
>
>"Remove the nut and spring washer that secures the damper lever to the link
>arm."--- Done
>
>"Withdraw the fixing bolts from the damper body and body frame..."---done--
>"and remove the damper assembly by threading the lever over the link arm
>bolt"----eh? What does "threading the lever over the link arm bolt" mean?
>When I turn the damper assembly while holding the link arm...the bolt just
>turns in the bushing.
>
>I must be missing something. Any advice would be great.
>
>Thanks!!!
>Don
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