It's me again, I am still rebuilding the front suspension of my 54' TR2 and as
a result have yet another question for the collective wisdom out there. The
re-build is being carried out on the bare chassis and having finished one side I
moved to the other. All went well till I fitted the road spring using the home
made tool as advised earlier. When the spring was in place and the lower pan
bolted up the the spring tool was lowered. The chassis was off the ground so the
suspension under the weight of the spring went to it's lowest position. There
was no bump stop in place as the damper was not in place yet. The problem is,
once lowered the vertical link refused to turn locking solid. I put the spring
tool back in place and wound up the suspension again as I did the link freed
up. I
let the top ball joint go and the vertical link turned fine in the trunnion, no
matter what position.I therefore presumed the ball joint was at fault, as I did
not have the problem on the other side. I returned the joint to Cox & Buckles
and twoo weeks later fitted the new replacement,,guess what?? the same thing. Is
it this normal or should the vertical link be free to turn regardless of the
position of the suspension. I know it will work with the weight of the car on
the ground, but does it mean if I jacked up the car to change a wheel It would
lock up..
J. Gillis 1954 TR2 Long haul on a long door
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Thanks in advance.
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