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eye bolt rubber renewal
i will be renewing old eye bolt bushes with poly bush could sombody decribe the process regards chris
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Re: eye bolt rubber renewal
Slacken wheel nuts
Jack the car up from the chassis leg (use wood to spread the load)
Wheel off
Unbolt everything which holds the front half of the wishbone on; tie rod, lower trunnion, front eye bolt nut, etc
Remove the front half of the wishbone
Carefully jack up the rear half of the wishbone
Remove the lower trunnion pin
Let the jack under the wishbone down gently, releasing pressure from the torsion bar
Knock the rear half of the wishbone back along the torsion bar about 3/4 of an inch, any more and it falls off the splines. I use a big rubber mallet.
Undo the now-visible rear eyebolt nut
And replace.
Might be a good idea to replace the top trunnion bushes whilst you are there. Make sure you order a new pin for the eye bolt, the old one will be rusty and horrid.
Tom
Jack the car up from the chassis leg (use wood to spread the load)
Wheel off
Unbolt everything which holds the front half of the wishbone on; tie rod, lower trunnion, front eye bolt nut, etc
Remove the front half of the wishbone
Carefully jack up the rear half of the wishbone
Remove the lower trunnion pin
Let the jack under the wishbone down gently, releasing pressure from the torsion bar
Knock the rear half of the wishbone back along the torsion bar about 3/4 of an inch, any more and it falls off the splines. I use a big rubber mallet.
Undo the now-visible rear eyebolt nut
And replace.
Might be a good idea to replace the top trunnion bushes whilst you are there. Make sure you order a new pin for the eye bolt, the old one will be rusty and horrid.
Tom
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Re: eye bolt rubber renewal
Whoa there!
THEN Unbolt everything which holds the front half of the wishbone on; tie rod, lower trunnion, front eye bolt nut, etc
These are in the wrong order, you need to jack up the rear half of the arm until the weight of the car is on it just enough that the shock absorber arm lifts off the lower stop is enough.Unbolt everything which holds the front half of the wishbone on; tie rod, lower trunnion, front eye bolt nut, etc
Remove the front half of the wishbone
Carefully jack up the rear half of the wishbone
THEN Unbolt everything which holds the front half of the wishbone on; tie rod, lower trunnion, front eye bolt nut, etc
"Once you break something you will see how it was put together"
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Re: eye bolt rubber renewal
Whoops yes, as Marky says.
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Re: eye bolt rubber renewal
thanks for advice regards chrisTom and Maria wrote:Slacken wheel nuts
Jack the car up from the chassis leg (use wood to spread the load)
Wheel off
Unbolt everything which holds the front half of the wishbone on; tie rod, lower trunnion, front eye bolt nut, etc
Remove the front half of the wishbone
Carefully jack up the rear half of the wishbone
Remove the lower trunnion pin
Let the jack under the wishbone down gently, releasing pressure from the torsion bar
Knock the rear half of the wishbone back along the torsion bar about 3/4 of an inch, any more and it falls off the splines. I use a big rubber mallet.
Undo the now-visible rear eyebolt nut
And replace.
Might be a good idea to replace the top trunnion bushes whilst you are there. Make sure you order a new pin for the eye bolt, the old one will be rusty and horrid.
Tom
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Re: eye bolt rubber renewal
thanks for advice regards chrisMarkyB wrote:Whoa there!These are in the wrong order, you need to jack up the rear half of the arm until the weight of the car is on it just enough that the shock absorber arm lifts off the lower stop is enough.Unbolt everything which holds the front half of the wishbone on; tie rod, lower trunnion, front eye bolt nut, etc
Remove the front half of the wishbone
Carefully jack up the rear half of the wishbone
THEN Unbolt everything which holds the front half of the wishbone on; tie rod, lower trunnion, front eye bolt nut, etc
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Re: eye bolt rubber renewal
You can replace the rubber bushes with Metalastik bushes from your local bearing stockist. They last forever (almost).
Take the eyebolt and fulcrum pin, you need the inside diameter to slide over the fulcrum pin and the outside diameter to slide inside the eye bolt. You may have to cut the bush to the required length
Take the eyebolt and fulcrum pin, you need the inside diameter to slide over the fulcrum pin and the outside diameter to slide inside the eye bolt. You may have to cut the bush to the required length
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Re: eye bolt rubber renewal
Seconded!
It's a shame they weren't fitted from new.
It's a shame they weren't fitted from new.
"Once you break something you will see how it was put together"