Fellow sufferers,
One of the parts suppliers had a recent sale on complete
assembled MGB stub-axles. I am waiting for them to arrive,
so this past weekend, armed with Greg Meboe's advice and
Lindsay Porter's book, I started the front-end dissasembly
on my 73B. I managed to safely seperate most of the
components without incident (the tie-rod end popped right
out of the control arm, just like they said it would) but
I hit a snag and would like to solicit advice on the best
way to proceed.
The problem is the a-arm\kingpin/a-arm sandwich at the
bottom of the stubaxle will NOT come apart. I removed
the big castellated nut with an impact wrench, and managed
to get the pivot bolt to spin inside the kingpin bush/distance
tube affair, but I can not remove the bolt. Frustrated, I let
the assembly soak in Kroil (and me in malt beverage) overnight;
I put the nut back on and whanged it with an air hammer for a
while. *I* felt alot better but *it* still wont budge ;-)
Any one have any ideas??
I do not have access to a cutting torch, so my plan is to unbolt
the spring pan from both a-arms, and just order new arms- the
holes are probably ovaled anyway... Hopefully, I wont need
to return a core... Anyone need a slightly used pre-assembled
kingpin/a-arm kit??
On a related note, I figured that while I had the hub apart,
it would be a good idea to replace the wheel bearings. The
new bearing kit included races that need to be pressed into
the hub. The old races look and feel fine. Is it a bad idea
to use the guts of the new bearings and the exixting races,
or should I just go ahead and have the new ones pressed in.
In keeping with typical British Leyland fashion, my manuals
say to replace them if they need to be replaced :-|
Thanks in advance.
--Scott
Scott Hower --> howersl@ttown.apci.com
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
7201 Hamilton Blvd Trexlertown, PA
(610) 481-2646
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