Hey, don't be too hard on the brits with this one. Nearly all American
cars with independent wishbone suspension of the late 30's, through the
60's had the same type of threaded bearing suspension just like the
Spridgets do. Only major difference was they were pretty bag and easy to
get apart. Boy did I do a lot of king pin jobs on these cars when I was
working my way through college!
This was all before the Mac Phearson strut and FWD cars.
Paul A
>An LBC Believe It Or Not - the threads on the kingpin are load
bearing! The rotation being minimal assures that the threads wear
asymmetrically and then are next to impossible to get out. Only
the Brits can design something that would have only succeeded in
East Germany or Yugoslavia.
>I got a pair of rebuilt wishbones and the frt end rebuild kit. Put
in an extra set of grease nipples on the suckers and keep them
well lubed.
>Mike L.
60A,67E,59Bug
Toronto
----- Original Message -----
From MACKINNON, DONALD <donald.mackinnon at bell.ca>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: August 21, 2000 5:09 AM
Subject: Wishbone and Kingpin Frustration
> I joined the list a couple of months ago and here's my first
technical
> questions.
> I'm stripping my '59 Bugeye to begin my rebuild and there's some
things
> that have me stumped.
> 1. The right hand wishbone came easily off the car after I undid
the two
> bolts that hold the wishbone to the hinge points on the car.
When I
> tried this on the left hand side, they're stuck. No problem, I
> thought. The metal sleeve on the bushing has fused to the bolt
so I'll
> melt the rubber a bit to separate the sleeve and bang the thing
out.
> Bang away, get bigger hammer and still won't budge. I think the
problem
> is the diameter of the bolt with the sleeve on it is too big to
pass
> through the mounting hole on the car itself (terminology
probably not
> correct.) The rear bolt is the real problem - - not so easy to
bang on
> that one, and if I get it out, I'll probably distort the hinge
> point/mounting hole on the car. Any advice on this? As a last
resort,
> can I cut them out?
> 2. I'm not quite sure how to remove the kingpin from the
wishbone.
> >From the diagrams, it looks like I can unscrew it using a slot
in one
> end. Given the state of the rest of the car (and the apparent
lack of
> maintenance), I'm not sure I'll get enough torque on the thing
to get it
> out. If unscrewing it is the right thing to do and it doesn't
work,
> what's plan B? I suspect that the kingpin is attached to that
shaft
> thingie pretty solidly.
> I checked the archives on this and, while I found some related
stuff,
> didn't find any answers to these questions.
> Thanks for your help. I'm on the digest version of the list - -
does
> that make any difference in how you reply?
> Donald Mackinnon
> 1959 Bugeye
> Toronto
>
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