Hello Friends,
Yes I put the rear of the frame up on jack stands and removed the left
rear wheel and - wait for it - cleaned and painted the lug nuts. I
like to refinish as I go. It gives a bit of variety to the work, not
to mention sitting versus standing and visa-versa.
The next step was to remove the left rear damper. It was quite
heavily coated in dirt and grease. And quite honestly, that's a good
thing. It precludes rust!
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_080633.jpg
A few Whitworth spanner twists later, the damper was free. All bolts
and nuts came free somewhat easily.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_082638.jpg
I did discover that the bolt threads were damaged so I have bought
replacements in 3/8" - fine x 3" length, grade 5 bolts, washers and
nuts. The mounting point on the frame is just fine.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_082646.jpg
With the damper free and upright on the workbench, I moved on the to
spring. With the axle hanging on the straps, I broke the nuts loose
on the U-bolts. I had soaked them yesterday with Liquid Wrench.
Here's a look at the area, just for documentation.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_082651.jpg
Another couple of documentation pictures.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_082709.jpg
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_082718.jpg
While the nuts and U-bolts soaked, I removed the rear shackle.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_084022.jpg
And with a few more spanner twists, the spring was free.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_092350e.jpg
Here's a look at the front spring mount point, before cleanup.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_094159.jpg
If it wasn't a bit of a PITA, this would be funny: After removing the
nut from the front spring bolt, I used a drift pin/punch to push the
bolt out. A few taps on the drift broke the bolt free and sent it
flying INTO THE TUBULAR CROSSMEMBER! I did say a few ugly words upon
discovering that! Without much worry, I realized that I could just
feed a length of old hose through the tube and push the bolt out.
I had spent enough time fighting bolts (and looking for old water
hose) so I stopped and cleaned, sanded and primered another bit of the
frame.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_104247.jpg
Here's a little closer look. Primer still drying.
http://www.aubard.us/MGTD/20130529_104252.jpg
And with that, I cleaned myself up and went for a drive in the E-Type
(read: went to the hardware store for those new damper bolts). Fun!
This afternoon I hope to clean the rest of that run of frame, clear to
the end, then start the cleanup and refinishing of all the hardware
and bits I have since removed.
With best regards,
-rick
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