Re: IML: A-arm Bushings and Torsion Bar Adjustment

["Rob van der Es" <r.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello again Joe,

Thanks for your kind suggestions!

I will certainly take care not to strip the fine threads of the adjuster 
bolts and the anchors.
I will clean them thoroughly and soak them for a while with penetrating oil.

I have had a long search for replacement bolts and anchors but I haven't 
found any ..
So I hope that my adjusters are not stripped already , causing the low front 
end!

Ofcourse I will have a look at the front lower suspension arms too while I 
am there, just to make sure that the bushings are still there and in good 
condition.

Thanks again,

Robert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Strickland" <jwstrick426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Imperial Mail List" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 3:42 PM
Subject: IML: A-arm Bushings and Torsion Bar Adjustment


> Rob;
>
> Before you begin adjusting your torsion bars, see if you can clean the 
> threads of the adjusting bolts with some brake cleaner or perhaps kerosene 
> to get as much dirt etc. off of the threads as possible.  Use of an old 
> toothbrush or something similar might help.  Then use a liberal 
> application of penetrating oil on the adjusting bolts and levers and let 
> them soak for a day or so before trying to make the adjustments. You might 
> want to re-apply the penetrating oil to the bolts more than one time.  It 
> may be a real problem if you stripped threads on the bolts and/or the 
> adjusting arm of the torsion bars.  You might be able to find 
> replacements, but there could be a long time to find replacements.
>
> Be sure to examine the A-arm bushings for missing chunks or completely 
> gone bushings.  As I mentioned before when these bushings disintegrate and 
> fall out it allows the associated metal parts of the A-arms and steering 
> elements to shift position enough that the steering parts (especially the 
> idler arm and the steering pitman arm) to shift position and get in quite 
> a bind while steering the car.  You certainly don't want to wind up with a 
> broken idler arm stud or pitman arm stud while driving down the road! 
> Complete loss of control might result, with a crash into another car or 
> into a pedestrian or bicycle rider.
>
> Joe S.
>
>
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