After part
dismantling the front suspension, the
kerbside trunion proved to be a little
worse for wear and after a days grunting
with Plus Gas and lots of umph, all I had
to show was a single nut, a black eye and
bent glasses. A word with the RSSOM
mailing list revealed that the server
takes a while and the kind burgers of
alt.rec.cars.classic said this, and who
am I to argue.
More time was thrown at
this and I had three headless bolts from
the shock mounting plate, sore hands,
mangled brake calliper mounting bolts and
a sick 'waste of time' feeling.
The RSSOM list server
finally belched forth with lots more kind
advice and I
resolved to take some time off this part
of the project and fix my angle grinder before I
lose all sanity.
Another Saturday morning
was thrown at this and I decided not to
grind off the bolt head but to re-tighten
the trunion bolt and leave it for the
moment because as far as I can see there
is no way the trunion will unscrew with
the brake disk there and I cannot get
that off with the calliper on. The
trunion thread is no longer seized and is
not as 'loose' as I first thought but I
am concerned about the bushes rotating
properly.
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After
reading an excellent article in
RSSOM I have attacked my new
trunion with a file and left a
small relief where the grease can
travel up and out of the trunion
so lubricating the main bearing
surfaces
The
article said just a few thou' -
that's what I did.
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Finally a little success
with the ol' trunion. A recent aquisition
to my toolkit AKA a set of AF 6 point
sockets was applied to the caliper bolts
and after a whack with the hammer (my
main modus operandus) the mangled bolts
came loose! The rest is plain sailing - I
hope.
I can seriously
recommend to all restorers - a quality
set of hex sockets - as oppsed to bi-hex
or 12 point ones.
The continuing
story, click HERE
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