These are all but impossible to find. I recently rebuilt my front end and
gave up trying to find them. the good news is my front end was in really
bad shape but when I got it apart the fulcrum pins (upper and lower) ended
up being fine the ball joints and king pins (swivel pins) did the trick. a
word of caution here. When you replace the swivel pin bushes they must be
reamed out to a .750 diameter and I couldn't find anyone who had one. I
ended up going to a guy in a local M.G. club that owns a really nice
aircraft machine shop and he had a hone that would do the trick. another
problem I had was the swivel pins were almost impossible to press get out.
In the course of getting someone who could ream the bushing I went to
several automotive machine shops and front end shops. None would even
attempt to press the pins out since they wouldn't be able to finish the job
and it was just as well. the guy that did ream them out pressed the pins
out also and he said it took most of his 20 ton press to get them out. this
is a piece of equipment very few people have access to.
hopefully you will have better luck than I did.
-----Original Message-----
From: eckert(at)tfn.com <eckert(at)tfn.com>
To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 5:24 AM
Subject: Upper Fulcrum Pins
>All,
>
>Does anyone know where I can get a set of upper fulcrum pins for my Series
III
>GT? This is the last part I need to complete the rebuild of my front end. I
have
>checked with both Sunbeam Specialties and Classic Sunbeam and they don't
seem to
>have any.
>
>Thanks,
>Kurt Eckert
>1963 Series III GT
>
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