[Mini] [minElist] Knuckle joint cups

[Dr John C Bullas]

Blowlamp and a screwdriver

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 12:20 AM John Lieberman jlieberman37 at comcast.net
[minilist] <minilist at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Any down and dirty tricks for removing the Nylon knuckle joint cup from
> the rear radius arm when the hole into which it fits has rusted
> internally?  I changed out the entire right-hand side rear suspension on
> my '81 last weekend and it took me almost three hours just to get that
> stupid cup out of the arm -- plus another hour or so to remove the
> rubber cone spring which had seized itself to the Adjust-a-Ride
> trumpet.  There's got to be a quicker way to do it.
>
> Before I attack the left-hand side, after I drain and remove the fuel
> tank, I'd like to see of there's an easier way to remove that Nylon cup
> from the radius arm.  I'm thinking maybe I could hit it with a heat gun,
> on a low or mid setting to keep from melting it, in order to make it
> more pliable.  Then I might be able to wedge a small screwdriver between
> the cup and the arm hole in several places.  That would give me enough
> room to spray some penetrant into those areas to, hopefully, dissolve
> some of the rust before I start trying to pull and pry it out.
>
> Your thoughts?!?
>
> John
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