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Re: A-arm woes

To: Geoff Branch <gjbranch@comcast.net>, Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: A-arm woes
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:18:09 -0400 (EDT)
That was me, I think.  I've also learned to not try to save money by buying 
used on eBay.  Check out http://home.earthlink.net/~kmmccarley/unionjacs.html 
for pictures of the junk I bought.  I'm currently up in the Boston area, but 
have a new Moss arm waiting for me to install when I get back to the heat (110F 
in Tucson yesterday!)

 - Kendel "cold, damp, and loving it!" McCarley

-------Original Message-------
From Geoff Branch <gjbranch at comcast.net>
Sent: 07/11/03 09:24 AM
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: A-arm woes

> 
> There was a thread recently about a cracked A-arm.  Here is another story,
sadly about my Meejit!

I developed a bit of a clunk somewhere, pretty sure in the front right.
Checked wheel bearing ok, kingpin ok.  Even put it up on a lift and went
all
around.  The car even passed our relatively tough MA safety inspection.
Finally I decided that I would remove the front right
shock....bushings?....in
other words grasping at straws...

As soon as I disconnected the shock arm from the kingpin trunnion, I
noticed
that I could move the fulcrum pin by rocking it forward.  I could NOT do
this
with the shock arm connected though!!  The pin had been banging around in
it's
threads and actually worn through the A-arm.  Not a pretty sight.

So lube those pins, boys and girls!!  And check them carefully.  A failure
would ruin one's whole day.

Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini

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