Donald,
Give some penetrant (see previous posts last week for recommenations) some
time to work. On the fulcrum pin at the king pin, you must drive out the
tapered cotter pin from the underside of the kingpin before you can unscrew
the fulcrum pin. Use a brass hammer or drift otherwise you will mangle or
break the pin and it will never come out. A soft piece of metal between the
pin and a hammer works too.
Gerard
At 5:09 AM -0400 8/21/00, MACKINNON, DONALD wrote:
>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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