OK, guess I was confused (there are four what could be called "fulcrum pins"
in the suspension: top and bottom of the king/fulcrum pin and two that
anchor the A-arms to the chassis). Guess we're talking about the $#%&*@#
ones on the chassis side of the A-arms.
If you can get a little space under the large, flat-washer part of the bolt/pin
head, you might be able to start a suspension "pickle fork" in there. Then
pound on the end of the pickle fork to break the pins loose, using the
wedge action of the pickle fork.
Put anti-seize on the pins when you replace.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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> The pins are not hardened as far as I known. I had to use a sawsall to cut
> three of the four pins on my BN7. There was just no other way to get them
> out. Be careful you don't cut into the
> side brace. I used a very long blade in my sawsall to give me some more
> room to work the saw.
> Good Luck
> Ron
>
> Last night I spent three hours trying to remove the fulcrum pins in my BN7.
> I tried beating them. I tried heating them. I tried heating and beating
> and beating and heating. All I have to show, is a very sore shoulder.
> Whats the secret?
>
> Unless someone has a better idea, my next attempt will be to try to cut
> through the pins on each side of the "A" arm with a sawsall. Are these pins
> hardened? That would make using a saw quite difficult.
>
> I'm sure that I am not the first one to experience this problem. Any
> succesful solutions are greatly appreciated.
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