The rack has no zerk that I can find... I filled it with gear oil...
If this is definitely wrong, I suppose it can be corrected... How
would you grease the rack?
Anyway, turning my attention back to the kingpins, tightening up the
nuts really stiffens them up quite a bit, enough to nearly lock up the
steering, so perhaps they weren't done properly. I've purchased and
installed rebuilt kingpins in an MGB, maybe now is a good time to
learn how to rebuild my own spridget kingpins. Our club has the
kingpin reamer....
Instead of castellated nuts with a cotter pin, the kingpin only has a
nyloc nut, which makes me a little uncomfortable...
So I'm thinking I'll pull the kingpins, tear them down, and see what I
can see... Maybe they weren't properly assembled and/or reamed as has
been suggested.
On the MGB, I simply used a floor jack to compress the spring under
the weight of the car. Is this method viable on the Midget? Better
way? Possible to get a spring compressor in there?
Where can I source the proper castellated nuts?
Any advice on the kingpin removal / assembly / setup process
gratefully received!
Marc
David Lieb wrote:
With the front wheels off the ground, it took much force to spin the
steering wheel. I spent a while (hours!) flushing out the rack, and
refilled it. Now you can turn it from lock to lock with one finger. It
moves smoothly.
Marc,
WHAT did you fill it with? The early Spridgets used the Morris Minor
steering rack which used oil, but your 1973 has a Triumph rack which should
be greased. The easy way to tell seems to be that if it has a grease
fitting, it wants to be oiled, if it does NOT have a zerk, it somehow wants
you to grease it.
David
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