Still stuck on a pin
Posted by happy On 2022/5/4 15:06:40
Thanks for the comments and information, VERY HELPFULL !!! Had a chance to crawl under today and verified that the short bar link is front and the long one is in back with the inside of the V dog bone points to the passenger side. So that’s good.
Shorted the down terminal that advanced the long bar far enough to contact the limit switch (it works!). With the limit switch activated the car is very close to level, with less than a quarter full gas tank. I am not sure that would make a difference or not.
If all goes well tomorrow, will try to remove short, drivers’ side, link pin
Happy
It’s tomorrow (today ha ha) there must be a way to change out the front link pins without using the “special” tool. I have tried clamping a one inch angle iron to the load arm , in an attempt to simulate the service tool shown in the service manual. May be if the car is up on a lift, and l could stand under and pull down with my full body weight it might move? But I seriously doubt it.
Next I tried a hydraulic jack under the elbow bend of the load arm. No rotation, but this can raise the car. So, this is not working either, and I am still stuck. As before and always, any, and all, help is deeply appreciated.
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Shorted the down terminal that advanced the long bar far enough to contact the limit switch (it works!). With the limit switch activated the car is very close to level, with less than a quarter full gas tank. I am not sure that would make a difference or not.
If all goes well tomorrow, will try to remove short, drivers’ side, link pin
Happy
It’s tomorrow (today ha ha) there must be a way to change out the front link pins without using the “special” tool. I have tried clamping a one inch angle iron to the load arm , in an attempt to simulate the service tool shown in the service manual. May be if the car is up on a lift, and l could stand under and pull down with my full body weight it might move? But I seriously doubt it.
Next I tried a hydraulic jack under the elbow bend of the load arm. No rotation, but this can raise the car. So, this is not working either, and I am still stuck. As before and always, any, and all, help is deeply appreciated.
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