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Jim,
Heat will most likely not work. The pin should be bronze and will expand fa=
ster than the steel just making the fit tighter. When I had this problem I w=
as able to cool the pin enough for it to come out but I had to use liquid ni=
trogen to get it cool enough. Perhaps a aerosol can of coolest will work us=
ing the tube for the can nozzle to spray in the hole going the length of the=
pin.
Bob Kitterer
1960 Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1967 Sprite Mk III
2013 Miata
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 13, 2015, at 6:57 PM, bmwwxman . via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.tea=
m.net> wrote:
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> I had disassembled the front suspension on both sides and actually had no t=
rouble getting the fulcrum pins unscrewed after removing the two cotter keys=
(maybe "cotter pin" is a better description of them)? On re-assembly starti=
ng with the left front and my new "Peter Built" shocks, new brake disks and n=
ew wheel bearings and seals I screwed the fulcrum pin in as far as it would g=
o (It went in easily) then realized I had not centered the hollow on the ful=
crum pin so the cotter pin could be inserted through the king pin. No proble=
m I thought... (yeah... sure!) Just unscrew the fulcrum pin and put it back i=
n more carefully so that the cotter pin can be inserted. It wouldn't budge. G=
ot the biggest, nastiest straight blade screw driver (think BFS here) I coul=
d find but still no luck. Now I can't get the fulcrum pin to unscrew!! But i=
t came out easily and went back in easily! What has changed?? I haven't trie=
d heat yet but did soak it with PB Blaster to no avail. Anybody else been he=
re before?? WWFD?? I hate to use a sawzall on the fulcrum pin because everyt=
hing fit so well going back together. Thinking of using an impact driver on i=
t to see if that will free it.=20
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> Cheers!!
> Jim Johnson
> High Plains Youth Hockey
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look forward to the trip."
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Jim,</div><div><br></div><div>Heat wil=
l most likely not work. The pin should be bronze and will expand faste=
r than the steel just making the fit tighter. When I had this problem I=
was able to cool the pin enough for it to come out but I had to use liquid n=
itrogen to get it cool enough. Perhaps a aerosol can of coolest will w=
ork using the tube for the can nozzle to spray in the hole going the length o=
f the pin.</div><div><br></div><div>Bob Kitterer</div><div>1960 Sprite (Mk I=
V in disguise)</div><div>1967 Sprite Mk III</div><div>2013 Miata<br><br>Sent=
from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jul 13, 2015, at 6:57 PM, bmwwxman . via Spri=
dgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net";>spridgets@autox.team.n=
et</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;fo=
nt-size:14px">I had disassembled the front suspension on both sides and actu=
ally had no trouble getting the fulcrum pins unscrewed after removing the tw=
o cotter keys (maybe "cotter pin" is a better description of them)? On re-as=
sembly starting with the left front and my new "Peter Built" shocks, new bra=
ke disks and new wheel bearings and seals I screwed the fulcrum pin in as fa=
r as it would go (It went in easily) then realized I had not centered the ho=
llow on the fulcrum pin so the cotter pin could be inserted through the king=
pin. No problem I thought... (yeah... sure!) Just unscrew the fulcrum pin a=
nd put it back in more carefully so that the cotter pin can be inserted. It w=
ouldn't budge. Got the biggest, nastiest straight blade screw driver (think B=
FS here) I could find but still no luck. Now I can't get the fulcrum pin to u=
nscrew!! But it came out easily and went back in easily! What has changed?? I=
haven't tried heat yet but did soak it with PB Blaster to no avail. Anybody=
else been here before?? WWFD?? I hate to use a sawzall on the fulcrum pin b=
ecause everything fit so well going back together. Thinking of using an impa=
ct driver on it to see if that will free it. </span><br clear=3D"all"><=
div><br></div>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Cheers!=
!<br>Jim Johnson<br><a href=3D"http://www.highplainsyouthhockey.org"; target=3D=
"_blank">High Plains Youth Hockey</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.DodgeCityTrai=
lofFame.org" target=3D"_blank">Dodge City Trail of Fame </a><br><a href=3D"h=
ttp://www.EJSSM.org" target=3D"_blank">Electronic Journal of Severe Storms M=
eteorology</a><br><br><font size=3D"2" color=3D"black" face=3D"arial"><font s=
ize=3D"2" color=3D"black" face=3D"arial"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"#000000" f=
ace=3D"Arial"><font style=3D"background-color:transparent" size=3D"2" color=3D=
"#000000" face=3D"Arial"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial"><=
div><u>"<font size=3D"3"><b>Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to=20
hell in such a way that they look forward to the=20
trip."</b></font></u></div>
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<div><font size=3D"3"><b></b></font> </div>
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