![]() If there is then either a washer or shims should be inserted between the axle beam and the UPPER stub axle face to take up the play. Grease the bushes and your new thrust washer and put it all together with a new cotter pin temporarily in place to line things up, then see if there is any lift in the stub axle. Fit your new bushes and make sure that the grease nipple holes align, also that the pin is a nice fit through the bushes and check that the axle eye is not worn allowing slop, it should be a nice tap fit. A few strokes with a large flat file will true everything up nicely. Once you have it all dismantled you need to ensure that the lower jaw of the stub axle is nice and flat on the thrust face (upper) and the upper jaw is flat on the lower face. I must have done dozens of king pins on beam axle vehicles (not a Morris Eight though) and the procedure is always the same. ![]() (I currently have the engine in a zillion pieces and am waiting for the white metal bearings to be sorted.) Please feel free to ask if you have any more questions. Other than that the job is straighforward nuts and bolts! Ha! They have been in for a couple of hundred miles now and are not showing any signs of premature wear. I solved this by buying Oilite bushes which are available in the right size for this job. OK, I put my hand up and own up to spoiling one set of brass bushes (easily pressed into the cleaned up housing) through my own impatience. Lots of effort with a club hammer and heat I am afraid but support the axle as close to this area as possible (not just under the centre of the car. Stuck fast until heat was applied plus lots of hammer work with suitably sized drifts. Resorted to an Angle Grinder to weaken and then chisel off to retrieve the dust cover.Ĭotter pins. The head rounded off the bolts you are having problems with. (it had been off the road for the best part of 20 years. I have changed my King Pins/ Bushes, etc a little while ago on my 1936 Series 1 Morris 8.īit of a task I am afraid and I didnt have the extractor tool either.Įverything was solid and resisted all of the way but eventually got it sorted. Posted: Mon 5:28 pm Post subject: Morris 8 Front suspension To add to the puzzle on the exploded diagram in my manual there is only one washer shown. I have just been out and can confirm it has TWO.one is also fitted at the top. ![]() As I sat writing the previous reply to myself I thought.'I havnt yet checked that the passenger side had one or two thrust washers fitted'. Posted: Mon 5:13 pm Post subject: Seems like I am replying to myself and so my compromise was getting a near as possible to correct toe in and a reduced squeel.Īlso, does any one know of the whereabouts of a pin extractor tool No 55418.saves beating the old girl up with a club hammer. What happens to the wheel geometry if another washer is used?.I know that steering alignment was on my things to do list this winter because I suspected the drivers side wheel was out and I was having a heck of a job getting a correct toe in.even when I thought I had got it right I found the front drivers side tyre squeeling when taking left had turn No high speed involved. The way I read it suggests that more than one thrust washer might be needed. Hi I have managed to find the attached old 'how to do' script from the Morris Register. Posted: Mon 4:43 pm Post subject: swivel pin update I do have a workshop manual, but it is so simplistic that as handy as I am.I couln't tackle this repair without some guidance.anyone had experience of this please. ![]() My experience with king pin type joints is that wear causes lateral movement not vertical. So if there is that much free play, is there a spacer missing or is the bottom spacer worn. I am guessing that the top bolt is not supposed to squeeze the location lugs of the steering knuckle to make good this s size suggests that. It will unscrew out though and is in one piece. Also the top bolt(marked), which locates the swivel pin appears to be will tighted to a point but then slips over. Anyway, I have attached a picture of the offending area and marked where the up and down movement is.so much so that when levered up, the bottom thrust washer is free to turn. The up and down movement at the swivel pin joint to the steering knuckle is severe.not mentioned in my recent MOT and he did set about it with levers with gusto. I have the car up on the ramp for winter for a good old going over underneath, taking it slowly and working corner to corner.got to the drivers side front corner this morning and found a problem ![]() Posted: Mon 1:32 pm Post subject: 1948 Morris 8 E Steering knuckle/swivel pin Register Posting Photographs Privacy OCC Facebook OCC on PatreonĬlassic cars forum & vehicle restoration. Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in 1948 Morris 8 E Steering knuckle/swivel pinĬlassic cars forum & vehicle restoration. ![]()
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