Evening folks,
Dropping the IRS is a fairly simple thing, undo the brake line, drive shaft, stabilizer bar linkage, the hand brake linkage, release the front control arm bushing and remove the bolts holding the mounts to the IRS. Pretty straight forward right up to the part that involves removing the front control arm bushing. Those tend to get stuck and with over 50 years on it can be a bear to remove. I haven't discovered a magic way to get them off so the way I do it is to get under there with a drill and start drilling all the rubber out so the arm can be dropped out of the way. Then once the IRS is out of the way I'll come back and remove the cup (my friend Drew gave me a tip on how to pull the cup off and that is to use an impact hammer and just keep tapping till it's loose and then it drops off-sure! Well guess what, they did! :-)
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| The IRS is supported with the ATV jack and the arms are being freed up from the body, this is the drilling part I was talking about. Notice how the arm dropped down? The rubber bush at the IRS end has as the Brits say-Perished. |
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| The ATV jack does a pretty fair job of supporting the IRS but I've built a little tray to sit on the jack that allows the IRS to be supported evenly |
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| About 1/2" clearance to pull it out |
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| This where Drew's tip helped a lot, just kept tapping till they broke loose, I did use a bit of penetrating oil and that may have helped just a bit. |
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| The cups on the car after cleaning up with a wire brush |
Well that's it for today.
Cheers,
Lynn
5.5 hrs
Glad the tip helped. I was dubious after I was told how to remove the cup when I was doing mine, but a little hammer work and it feel right off. Sweet!
ReplyDeleteThe IRS looks pretty dusty, but no photos of grease covered parts -- yet. :-)
Thanks Drew, I'll be sure to use a lot of anti-seize when I put them back together. Thanks again for the tip.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Lynn