Working on these cars can sometimes be sooo frustrating! Yesterday I
decided to re-assemble one of the front wheel units on my 'A' and I managed to
completely screw up an otherwise simple job. All I had to do was put a few
bolts throught a few holes, pack the wheel bearings, etc.... right?
Well I got everything together and noticed that the steering knuckles
on
the kingpin (at least the lower one) must be installed *prior* to putting the
disk rotor dust cover on. So I had to remove the dust cover.... no big deal
right?
To get the dust cover off, the hub/rotor assembly must be pulled. So I
ended up completely disassembling everything I had just finished putting
together. And ther is an added twist. The inner bearing decided it liked the
stub axle better than the hub and stuck on the axle when I pulled the hub out.
Now, to insure that the oil seal was properly installed back into the hub, I
decided to pull the bearing off of the axle. In the process of doing this, I
managed to destroy a brand new oil seal.
So in the end, all I accomplished was to destroy a new oil seal, get
grease on everything (rustproofing, right?) and scratch up all of my nice new
paint on the parts. So I now have to degrease the scratched parts and re-paint
them. It's a good thing I love this car so much or I might be tempted to write
graffiti all over it with a MIG welder.
The moral of the story -- PUT THE STEERING KNUCKLES ON THE KING PIN
FIRST! -- Thanks, I feel much better now....
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*Rick Guynn -MG driver wanna-be. * MGA 1600 MkII *
*RCG1597@zeus.tamu.edu * Rebuild (complete) to be finished ?? *
*Texas A&M University * *
*Keeper of the eternal octagon * *
* a.k.a. The marque symbol that * *
* refuses to die. * *
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