Burrell22
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Alright i have a 1963 TR4 that my dad did a frame off restoration on in around 94-96. Recently my dad and I have had to tear the rear end down and replace couple things because the pre-load was set way wrong (only about 2 degrees total play in the shaft itself) and it burnt the bearings out at 7 thousand miles. We have known for awhile that the front ends' camber was off pretty bad. My grandfather put an average 200 miles on the car a year from 1996 to this time last year (Then we got it to do some carb tune up and engine work). My dad and I put a total of over 3 thousand miles on it in 6 months. Then the outsides of the front tires were getting severely worn. So while doing the rear end work I tore the front end down and notices the fulcrum pin was pretty rusted up below the paint, the bushings were shot and crumbling to pieces, and the bushing/seal for the trunion was completely missing. This was the case on both sides. Also the trunion was not going up completely, it had atleast 1.5 turns left until it was seated properly. A little grinding fixed that. We have got a new fulcrum pin on both sides, however were not sure it has fixed the problem. We are hoping to have it finished by late tonight, or put back together atleast.
Anybody had similar problems, i can post pics if that will help.
Anybody had similar problems, i can post pics if that will help.