[Mgs] FW: Grill

[Hans Duinhoven]

Thanks for the advice Paul.

So I went to my friendly garage.
In a minute the guy had  the bolt lose. 
The bolt which is part of the connecting rod between the damper arm and the
leaf spring is partly equipped with a rubber silent block.
So heating is no option as it will damage the rubber.
What my friend did was hitting with a heavy hammer on the arm of the shock
absorber, where the bolt fits in.
The bolt is a bit tapered, so when hammering and the nut is lose, the bolt
becomes lose.
In Dutch we call this scaring.
So now I can clean the rest and have the new shock absorber mounted.

Cheers,
Hans

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Mgs [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] Namens PaulHunt73 via Mgs
Verzonden: maandag 25 mei 2020 9:25
Aan: Hans Duinhoven; mgs at autox.team.net
Onderwerp: Re: [Mgs] FW: Grill

If we are talking about the same problem - the lower nut seized to the pin, 
in the past I've had to remove the rear damper, drop-link and bottom plate 
as a unit and attack it on the bench by carefully cutting through the nut 
and using a chisel to open it up.  Without that the pin was just turning in 
the rubber bushing, which I feared would destroy it.  If they propose using 
heat, bear that in mind.

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> Hope to fix the RH rear shock absorber today. As the link to the leaf 
> spring
> is stuck, I'm going to a friendly garage to ask them to make it lose.
> Replacement looked so easy and all went well except the link connection to
> the absorber arm...

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