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I have a set of front disc brakes from a 66 sprite to use on the yet to be named yellow Bugeye. The wishbones or not in great shape but I have a second set that is. I want to remove the disc brake assembly from the original wishbone and install it on the second wishbone however the fulcrum pin is very frozen. Any advice on removal of the pin?
 
IIRC it was heat and more heat and weasel p*ss and various other incantations. good luck!

Actually as I type this I think I took it to a shop where they hit it with an oxy acetylene torch
 
There is no easy way .As above Heat and more heat. I once used a carbide hacksaw blade to cut each side and then drove out the piece in the king pin.
 
By frozen do you mean the fulcrum pin is frozen in the kingpin? If you have removed the cotter pin and the fulcrum is still stuck the usual solution is to use a sawzall to cut the fulcrum pin into three pieces. Then drive the remaining piece out of the kingpin.
 
RickF said:
By frozen do you mean the fulcrum pin is frozen in the kingpin? If you have removed the cotter pin and the fulcrum is still stuck the usual solution is to use a sawzall to cut the fulcrum pin into three pieces. Then drive the remaining piece out of the kingpin.
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RickF said:
By frozen do you mean the fulcrum pin is frozen in the kingpin? If you have removed the cotter pin and the fulcrum is still stuck the usual solution is to use a sawzall to cut the fulcrum pin into three pieces. Then drive the remaining piece out of the kingpin.
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Frozen to the wishbone.
 
Just slice between Kingpin and Wishbone with a Sawzall. It will come apart there easily. Chances are wishbone is trash anyway and cracked. 6 out of 8 Wishbones I tried to save over the years turned out to be cracked or threads were trashed, Take a look at this thread

http://www.mikeamick.com/76midget/ It shows how to use the sawzall to defeat that frozen in rust bastard.
 
Never seen that before. Usually there is so much wear between the fulcrum pin and the A-arm the front end wobbles all over the place when driving.
 
RickF said:
Never seen that before. Usually there is so much wear between the fulcrum pin and the A-arm the front end wobbles all over the place when driving.
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Yes, Bugsy 1 would change lanes at 30 mph whoever I encountered a tar strip
 
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