joe27979
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Just thought id keep you posted on my dog of a job at hand this weekend.
Managed to finally cut the Rear mounting plate bolts out (had to remove the rear half of the exhaust to get to them).
Pics show how corroded it is/was.
I then proceeded to clean up the old brackets, golly the bolts were sized in here - one of them wouldnt even press out so i spent an age drilling it out....must get some better drill bits!
I then as advised got to work removing the old bushes, basically hit them with my gas plumbing torch and set alight, once the two inner sleeves were removed I hacksawed through the last sleeve and cold chisled it out.
Problem is my fulcrum bracket is still stuck fast to the A-frame arms, ive bashed and whacked it to death and its not budging
Ive left it to soak overnight in some diesel (drained from my tank) to see if that will help any.
Next job is to get my balljoint out....hmm, now that aint gonna be easy either!
Managed to finally cut the Rear mounting plate bolts out (had to remove the rear half of the exhaust to get to them).
Pics show how corroded it is/was.
I then proceeded to clean up the old brackets, golly the bolts were sized in here - one of them wouldnt even press out so i spent an age drilling it out....must get some better drill bits!
I then as advised got to work removing the old bushes, basically hit them with my gas plumbing torch and set alight, once the two inner sleeves were removed I hacksawed through the last sleeve and cold chisled it out.
Problem is my fulcrum bracket is still stuck fast to the A-frame arms, ive bashed and whacked it to death and its not budging
Ive left it to soak overnight in some diesel (drained from my tank) to see if that will help any.
Next job is to get my balljoint out....hmm, now that aint gonna be easy either!
