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.
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.
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. |
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.
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