jonas

Doing tie rod ends, ball joints, and a front axle on the Brat today.

I have thought about picking one up for a work car (100 mile round trip) so i don't have to drive the Brat so much.

And what do you think?

pics dude.

thanks. Kinda figured that but wasn't sure. I seem to have an excessive amount of air comming thru so time to do some digging!

Anyone know where this is located?

"Ever since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun. I shall do the next best thing: block it out."―Mr. Burns

It does look like a bears lunchbox. A really cool bears lunchbox!

Replacing same axle AGAIN on the Brat. Only been on about a month. Can't find reciept so i guess i'll have to eat this one. The joys of older vehicles....

Ahhh.... pics don't do it justice. Get a quality bedliner, cheap ones look like crap and really don't hold up even if you haul NOTHING! Looking forward to the finished product, granted never really finished.

:headbang:Gotta love it! EJ swap has been bouncing around my brain of late. I enjoy the simplicity and reliability of the EA and not sure if i want to tear up the Brat that much. On the other hand i do have an '84 wagon that would be a great candidate for the swap...... You gonna pretty it up with some new paint when done?

you don't want to know.

not sure what you're asking here...........

Hello.

wagon= axle, tie rods, brakes, exhaust. brat= axle (working on that), heater.

YAY, GOT IT OUT! Looks like it is off a tooth. Looking down the hole i can see an edge, bet my punch was getting hung up on it. You guys got me thinking about that so instead of sending the punch right down the middle, on advice from Miles, i tried hugging the sides. That pin is not very pretty looking. Figure that's why i could rotate it in the shaft but not pull it out, the end was mushroomed.

3/16. tried one smaller but it seemed to be splaying the pin with out moving it. I'm hoping i've just managed to mushroom the ends just enough to jam it up. gonna try to grind the ends narrower. But i can rotate so ...... Would it make a diff that it's a 5 sp swap on a '85 brat?

yeah, i'm wondering if it's off just a bit causing my punch hang up.

Not atm, celebrating wifes bday. BUT a very good idea. i was using my super brite flashlight to look down the hole but couldn't see anything. now i'm thinking a few close ups w/flash may show what my eye couldn't see.

I know you have to ask the obvious, it is a non tapered pin punch. Thats why this really has me scratching my head. not the brightest bulb but i don't think i'm dumb, i can usually figure things out, and i've done this before and never ran into this prob. I'll get it.

yes on the grips and hammer. the 180 off did cross my mind but it should still come out i would think.....

Funny thing is i can rotate the pin. Totally mushroomed my punch, tried removing from both ends, tried both pulling and pushing this thing out. it gets to the pictured point and stops dead. whatever, i will win, Buhwahahahah!!!!!!!!

Same thing on my '84 wagon. Replaced fuel filters and all was good.

Been beating on this thing for two weekends now. I've had it, going to drill the damn thing out.

I'm sensing a theme here.....can't quite put my finger on it............