My thanks to Mark Macy and Randall Young for their advice on drop arm
disassembly. The trick, in my case, was to apply an enormous amount
of pressure with a 2-jaw puller, and then whack the drop arm hard
with a ball-peen hammer a few times. I'm going to use the drop arm
that came off my parts car, the one that came off relatively easily
and doesn't have chunks missing, so I wasn't necessarily worried
about (further) damaging this drop arm...
Anyway, now everything is degreased and scrubbed and the parts have
the first coat of paint on, and I ordered almost everything I need
from TRF to put it all back together ... except for two rubber rings
around the steering shaft, one at about 1/3 and another at about 2/3
of the way up the shaft. They had a square cross-section, and seemed
like they probably were a tight fit around the shaft at one time (44
years ago). Needless to say, they're old and cracked and loose now.
Problem is, TRF doesn't sell these rings.
Anyone know what they're for? Are they important? If I need to find
replacements, where might those be had?
TIA,
Dan
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Dan Buettner - Des Moines, Iowa - mailto:danb@thelittlemacshop.com
1957 TR3, TS15098L 'O' - with a nice shiny rear axle installed!
Front suspension and steering, here I come ...
1977 Spitfire, FM64159U 'O' - in storage.
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