One of my all-time favorite tools is my angle grinder.
I put a metal cut-off disk on it and carefully cut the fulcrum pin on at
least one side of the king pin, maybe both. A sawzall might work for
this, as well, but probably harder to control (also on favorite tool
list).
I often find that the fulcrum pin won't back out because it is bent.
Once it is cut the two ends of the pin often come out quite easily.
-- David Littlefield
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 19:32:59 -0400 (EDT) type79@ix.netcom.com writes:
> Have you removed the "cotter" with the threaded end?
>
> If yes, is there play in the fulcrum pin and the threaded bushings?
>
> If yes, I recommend you consider your options. One option is to
> simply trash what you've got and buy new A-Arms and if that's your
> choice, you can save yourself the grief of removing the fulcrum
> pin.
>
> jay fishbein
> wallingford, ct
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Joe Lansing <kidjoevid@yahoo.com>
> >Sent: Jul 5, 2006 7:17 PM
> >To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: removing fulcrum pin
> >
> >Are there any special tricks to removing a frozen
> >fulcrum pin from an a-arm? I guess besides heating,
> >and bashing it with a huge drift punch - I'm afraid of
> >bending the a-arm itself.
>
> jay fishbein
> wallingford, ct
> http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/
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