While I wallow in misery over repairing my trailing arm mounts, I've
continued rebuilding the front suspension. I ran into a little problem. I
torqued the bolt going through the lower wishbones and trunnion to 60 ft-lb
as specified. Now it is a bit stiff to move and the castle nut is threaded
beyond where the cotter pin will engage it. I'm pretty sure I have all the
seals and washers and bushings in place correctly on the trunnion. I suppose
I could put on a couple more washers so that the cotter pin is securing the
nut, but this just doesn't seem right. The replacement bolt is the same
length as the old one with the cotter pin hole in ths same place. So in
summary, it's tight and insecure. Anybody had this experience and a
solution?
Thanks in advance.
Hugh Fader
72 TR6
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