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marinabrian · 19th October 2018, 20:27

I was thinking of you today while working on Mrs MB's Classicasseur.

When checking it over for the MOT and freeing off the rusted fasteners so I can drop the exhaust ready for fitting the new backbox, I detected play in the lower front arms.

So the offside was done first, the pinch bolt was wasted to a 12mm A/F hex, the centre ball joint nut was FT, but after cracking the M14 bolts on the bushes.......three minutes

Once I had the arm off, I looked at the bush I fitted four years ago, still perfect, and unbelievably still with traces of Renolit Red rubber grease used when I fitted them back in the day

So with nothing to lose, I pressed them off the old arms without damage, and fitted them to the replacement arms.

Bear in mind these are patchloc bolts originally, so don't slather them in coppaslip

Brian

19th October 2018, 20:27	#22
marinabrian MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 20,151 Thanks: 3,565 Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts	I was thinking of you today while working on Mrs MB's Classicasseur. When checking it over for the MOT and freeing off the rusted fasteners so I can drop the exhaust ready for fitting the new backbox, I detected play in the lower front arms. So the offside was done first, the pinch bolt was wasted to a 12mm A/F hex, the centre ball joint nut was FT, but after cracking the M14 bolts on the bushes.......three minutes Once I had the arm off, I looked at the bush I fitted four years ago, still perfect, and unbelievably still with traces of Renolit Red rubber grease used when I fitted them back in the day So with nothing to lose, I pressed them off the old arms without damage, and fitted them to the replacement arms. Bear in mind these are patchloc bolts originally, so don't slather them in coppaslip Brian