Michael,
Well after 3 weeks of PB Blaster soaking, heat and vise grips to
no avail... I finally got the rusty sleeves off the lower inside
wishbone pivots. I was getting worried that I would have to use
the Dremel wheel and cut them off.
I had bought a wrench at Sears that the sales guy recommended
with no luck. I bought one of those strap wrenches that grab
round things... still no luck. I just could not get a grip on
the steel sleeve with any leverage so I could break the rust
bonding. I went out and stocked up on Dremel cut-off wheels and
a new set of cold chisels. I was worried about damaging the
pivot shafts under the sleeves with a lot of violence.
The trick was so simple... came to me in flash of straight
thinking. I used a "RIGID" brand 12" pipe wrench I already
had... like a Stilson wrench. It has sharp teeth in the jaws
that are designed grab onto iron plumbing pipe and the jaws
tighten as you pull hard. If I got it adjusted just right... the
teeth dug in on the steel sleeve and made it turn. Then I was
able to move it with a set of vise grips. To get it move off the
shaft I used a big screw driver to push against the vise grips as
I turned the sleeve up and down.
It is so simple when you know how.
Brian Sanborn
'62 TR4 CT16260L soon to be "O" - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
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