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For the amusement of the group, here are some pics of the stripped out front before we replaced several panels and refurbed the wings. Eldest grandson bolting up the freshly powder coated radiator parts. Car still bodily rough in parts but my daily driver in London now fron Wilts as we wrestle granddaughters:
I can see how an old bottom joint could break free. The joints are a taper and ball where the ball is held by an inner cup sitting in the hub and an outer ring held by the screwed and staked outer ring.
In both our lower bearings the outer rings were in several pieces and I expect that sooner or later the pieces would allow the ball to escape from the retaining ring. Our troublesome top ball exited the retaining ring after my colleague attacked it too vigorously with the fork.
Here is the rescued top ring with welded rod which, like all the other retaining rings required 3ft of extension to unscrew:
The bottom inner cup in the hub also defied conventional extraction so a welded stud pulled it out:
The old staking was cleaned up with a dremel and threads checked before screwing in and re-staking the new items from Cit Classics – grease check before putting on the covers. Swivels looked to be new style quality items and sure to last my use of the DS.
…. and the end result:
