Have you greased the trunnion yet? If the threads are dry, then it might
be difficult or impossible to turn the trunnion by hand. This could be
aggravated under spring pressure, since the nice new upper rubber
bushings would tend to pull the trunnion upwards (resisting downwards
motion), while the spring is pushing the vertical link downwards.
Here is a total shot in the dark. Is it possible that the vertical link
has been damaged, perhaps by a collision? If it is slightly bent, this
could make the trunnion difficult to turn once the assembly is under
spring pressure.
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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 09:18:02 +0100
From: john gillis <jgillis@tcd.ie>
Subject: TR2 front suspension question
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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