Re: More Grief XJ6 lower A-arm Fulcrum pin

["Ryan Border" <border@best.com>]

Hi Curt,
  You've probably already ruined the fulcrum shaft.  If you have hit it
that hard with a sledge, the threads are probably mushroomed beyond
repair.  If not, then you can still hit it harder  :-).   I broke one of
mine 
free by applying heat (torch) and then grabbing the end of it with a 
*BIG* pipe wrench.  Once I turned it a bit (breaking the rust) I was 
able to drift it out with a sledge.  Resorting to this will trash the
shaft, but I'm guessing it's already shot.

Good luck-
Ryan.

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> From: Curt Onstott <onstottc@ucs.orst.edu>
> To: 'jag-lovers@sn.no'
> Subject: More Grief XJ6 lower A-arm Fulcrum pin
> Date: Tuesday, February 25, 1997 12:31 AM
> 
> I think that the fulcrum pin for my lower A-arm is either rusted in, 
> Bent, or epoxied in place.  I can't budge the @#@ thing still.  Today,
> I even tried a bigger sledge hammer!  I stuck a wrench on the hex head
> And it started unscrewing from the rest of the pin.  It would have broken
off
> Without budging the rest of the pin.  So now I'm trying to determine
> What to do next.
> 
> These are some ideas I have:
> Rent a pneumatic hammer-would one of these really hit as hard as 
> A sledge hammer?
> 
> Apply heat-I'd normally take a blow torch to a situation like this. 
However,
> I think this would only make a bigger mess.
> 
> Cut the fulcrum pin on both sides and hope that the rest will come out.
> 
> Replace the entire fron suspension. ($$$$)
> 
> Dynamite-would most likely loosen other parts as well.

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