Suspension dismantling - balls and shafts

[cantankrs]

Originally Posted by T Creighton

Maybe in this case some replacement bits from:
http://www.tractorlinkageparts.net/

Hi Terry,
Thanks for your input. Interesting stuff on that site.
Regards
Alex

[cantankrs]

Some progress since the last update. Here are some pics of the suspension insulators. The upper right one was a success, the other two examples were early attempts to deform the material and you can see the material failed. Bruce comments that this material tends to have some 'memory' and each one needed pressure to be maintained for some time after they cooled and then they needed to be trimmed, drilled/punched, and riveted in and the springs reassembled into the suspension unit to get them back under compression to preserve their shape. How well this material will work is unknown at this point. Unlikely to get much driving use anyway.

Alex

[cantankrs]

Here's the compression tool Bruce made based on the pics others provided in this thread (Thanks!)

Alex

[cantankrs]

Here's the pics of the first unit going together. Note that Dad did buy some NOS spring rods from Keefy and they will be incorporated where necessary. Note the threaded rod to hold the whole unit under compression so the nuts could be fitted - important component since the unit is is not attached to the vehicle to provide weight.

Alex

[cantankrs]

3 more pics.

Alex