Hi Carl
I had the same with my TR4 - what I did was to build up the worn part
with braze (I thought that arc welding would de-temper the metal at the
time) and then I carefully filed out each 'hole' to somewhere near to
the correct size. I have heard since I did this about people welding on
large washers to the arms as well (on a GT6) but didn't try this out.
I found that you can't buy the arms new in the UK, and I did have to buy
one second hand due to the fact that one was slightly bent. I can't
understand why they are not made new.
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Cheers
Brian Johnson (Loughborough UK)
1963 TR4 AFP 503A (UK) / IZS 733(USA) - CT27216-L (now not L but O )
1954 TR2 46 BHX TS554-O UK Car in pieces
1989 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 GLI - Eurobox but it goes !
Internet b.johnson@lycosmail.com
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CarlSereda@aol.com wrote:
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> Hi List,
> I've totally desmantled my TR4s front suspension. Found the trunnion 'cross
> pins', (large steel shafts horizontaly through the brass trunnion part), all
> badly worn flat where they ride in the lower outer arm bushings. (RevingtonTR
> sells just the shaft part for US$30 ea. vs. Moss entire trunnion at $75 ea.)
> Shafts are so badly worn they not only went through the bushings but into the
> arm metal about .5 to 1 mm on all four arms. Can I get oversized bushes
> installed? Steel inserts made-then bushes? Or do I have to buy all four lower
> arms as 'good used' and rebuild from there? Anyone go through this or have
> good ideas on best repair?
> Carl
> '64 TR4 since '74 ...and I thought the suspension was in great shape - hooha
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