[DeTomaso] Help needed with lower a-arm shaft kit installation
JDeRyke at aol.com
JDeRyke at aol.com
Fri Aug 31 14:43:51 EDT 2007
Charlie, you can fix the fit in two ways: either use a small portable
electric drill with a fine 'sanding roll' to slightly open up the bushings in each
carrier, or chuck up the spacer in a drill mounted in a vise, a drill press or
lathe if you can find one and hold a sharp fine tooth file against the end
needing to be trimmed. Peridically, cool the spacer down with water (it will get
quite hot and expand a little) and fit-check it. You'll need to trim all 4 ends
of the two spacers. Progress will be slow because of the hardness of the
spacers but in your case (no machine tools) thats good- you're not likely to
overshoot and remove too much material.
IMHO the problem is due to the factory using a high-carbon steel internal
separator rather than stainless steel, combined with no external greasing
capability. High-carbon steel is extremely corrosion-sensitive and is really not
needed. Condensation will occur in this area over years of being undisturbed, so
you get corrosion-welding of the spacer to the pivot shaft, which is what you
experienced. This is so prevalent, Hall has stocked those saw-it-apart kits for
at least two decades. I hope you selected the kit that uses a gun-drilled
pivot shaft with zerk fittings on both ends, rather than the ones that use zerks
in the carrier itself.
Good luck- J DeRyke<BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Get
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