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Re: [Spridgets] HELP PLEASE - was: front bushing replacement

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] HELP PLEASE - was: front bushing replacement
From: Rick Fisk <refisk@chartermi.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:51:05 -0400
Rick,

You've got the trunnion installed backwards.  You have it installed with the
trunnion bolt on the inside of the kingpin - it should be installed with the
bolt on the outside of the kingpin.

Another Rick

Sent from my iPad

On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:41 PM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo@gmail.com> wrote:

> FIASCO
>
> It's pretty badly screwed now, the passenger side trunnion bushing was
> mostly non existent and what was there didn't look at all correct.
> I put in the correct pair of bushings and put things back together, did the
> same on the drivers side but over there what I took out resembled what I
was
> putting back in, with a bit of wear, but they were correct.
> Things didn't look right so I decided to just skip the inner A frame
> bushings for now and put it all back together.
> Sure enough, the passenger side tire is cocked out at the top by several
> inches.
> Something is very seriously wrong here.
> I need help diagnosing this situation, it's beyond me what's going on here.
>
> Here are a few pictures I took and uploaded to picasa:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/106121126121790278619/Bushingreplacefiasco
>
> Rick (crap crap crap!!) Bastedo
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