[TR] Frozen bushings

[Frank Fisher]

Laughing my ......
not sure about that great minds in my case.
________________________________
 From: Wbeech <wbeech at flash.net>
To: 'Frank
Fisher' <yellowtr3 at yahoo.com>; triumphs at autox.team.net 
Sent: Wednesday, July
25, 2012 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: [TR] Frozen bushings
  

Called David at TRF, he
said the same thing, great minds think 
alike.   
  
I used the Dremel and
sliced it back as far as I could, then with the 
chisel from the end I could
open it up enough for some WD40 to make its way in 
and after that it was easy
going.  Broke 1 cutoff wheel per bushing, but it 
was worth it. 
  
Thanks,
Bill


________________________________
 From: Frank Fisher
[mailto:yellowtr3 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:00 AM
To:
Wbeech; 
triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Frozen 
bushings

  
i
would start with a dremmell cutting wheel. 
id start at the outside and cut
through the bushing for about 1/4" to 
3/8" long. 
if you catch the base metal
under them i don't think it will be the end of the 
world.sand it smooth
later. 
i would then try to "peal" it off . 
  
Frank
________________________________
From: Wbeech 
<wbeech at flash.net>
To:
triumphs at autox.team.net 
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 8:13 AM
Subject: [TR]
Frozen 
bushings

I have been 'heating-and-beating' on the lower 
wishbone
bushings, the ones
on the frame, for the past two days.  Even 
gone so far as
to grind a notch
for better traction for the cold 
chisel.

None of them will
so much a budge.  Is it at all possible 
that in the later
productions of the
TR3B that these were permanently 
installed?  I hope not
because they are
definitely smaller than the 
replacements from TRF.

Not sure I 
can get in
that close with a grinder to cut them off, and I would
be afraid 
of buggering
up the permanently installed shaft itself.

Any 
suggestions?

Thanks,
Bill
Bill Beecher
'58 TR3A TS/30766L 
"Tarbaby"
'62 TR3B TCF/2549L " Aunt B"
www.triumphowners.com/1566
'68 Land Rover Series IIa 88" "The Beast"
"If you
think you have 
everything under control... You're driving too slow"
M.Andretti

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