That was me, I think. I've also learned to not try to save money by buying
used on eBay. Check out http://home.earthlink.net/~kmmccarley/unionjacs.html
for pictures of the junk I bought. I'm currently up in the Boston area, but
have a new Moss arm waiting for me to install when I get back to the heat (110F
in Tucson yesterday!)
- Kendel "cold, damp, and loving it!" McCarley
-------Original Message-------
From Geoff Branch <gjbranch at comcast.net>
Sent: 07/11/03 09:24 AM
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: A-arm woes
>
> There was a thread recently about a cracked A-arm. Here is another story,
sadly about my Meejit!
I developed a bit of a clunk somewhere, pretty sure in the front right.
Checked wheel bearing ok, kingpin ok. Even put it up on a lift and went
all
around. The car even passed our relatively tough MA safety inspection.
Finally I decided that I would remove the front right
shock....bushings?....in
other words grasping at straws...
As soon as I disconnected the shock arm from the kingpin trunnion, I
noticed
that I could move the fulcrum pin by rocking it forward. I could NOT do
this
with the shock arm connected though!! The pin had been banging around in
it's
threads and actually worn through the A-arm. Not a pretty sight.
So lube those pins, boys and girls!! And check them carefully. A failure
would ruin one's whole day.
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
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