- 1. Re: Front suspension overhaul (score: 1)
- Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:21:15 +0100
- Try Xylene, I think they sell thinners specially for Hammerite. Had the same problem, Ended up part Hacksawing, part drilling the nut. Removed the plate without too much damage to the threads, but I
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- 2. Re: Front suspension overhaul (score: 1)
- Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 03:35:25 -0700 (PDT)
- I managed to get the worst off with white spirit, I just have grubby fingernails now, I can live with that... I was thinking that I could hacksaw the bolt thread down to the top of the nut and then d
- /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00003.html (12,158 bytes)
- 3. Re: Front suspension overhaul (score: 1)
- Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:43:00 +0100
- Should work fine.. you need to start it off with a hammer and centre punch, then a small drill bit, and enlarge from that.. VERY worthwhile!! Bonfire? oven? Do you have a vice and some sockets? You c
- /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00004.html (8,836 bytes)
- 4. Re: Front suspension overhaul (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 10:14:36 -0400
- I made a simple puller from a piece of plumbing pipe about 1" in diameter and 3" long, a 5" long bolt that fits through the hole in the bushings, and a couple of big washers and nuts. It removed the
- /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00010.html (7,718 bytes)
- 5. Re: Front suspension overhaul (score: 1)
- Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 16:09:00 +0100
- -- Tim Dafforn University of Cambridge Structural Medicine Unit Cambridge Institute for Medical Research Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 2XY. UK Tel. (01223) 763230 Fax. (01223) 336827 http://smokeroom.cimr.
- /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00011.html (7,841 bytes)
- 6. Front suspension overhaul (score: 1)
- Author: John Hobson <goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 13:27:41 -0700 (PDT)
- I started on my front suspension overhaul project today and succeeded in removing the lower wishbone, sanding it down and painting it with hammerite, which I later found out is a bugger to get off yo
- /html/spitfires/2001-09/msg00546.html (7,963 bytes)
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