It's a sliding washer. I use lots of PB Blaster, maybe some heat, then work it back and forth with a large open end wrench.
Even with the trailing arms disconnected from the rear axle, it can be a bear of a job to get the diff out from the trunion so you can get to the inner bushing. bs Sent from my iPad On May 12, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Graham&Joan Hilder <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello from NZ again, > > This time I'm doing the rear suspension re-bush project on the 1750 GTV. Have got everything off the car except the trunnion. I don't plan to remove the outer trunion attachments from the car body (just fit new end-washers, using the cut-a-split trick), but I do need to separate the centre mounting at the diff, to change the bushes there. > Have removed the castle-nut from the diff-stud, but am having trouble removing the top-hat washer or nut that sits between the castle-nut and the bush. It's got two spanner-flats on it (not six), but it won't budge even with a big spanner and a hefty heave. > > I gather that this top-hat is a washer rather than a threaded nut, and should slide off rather than needing to be unscrewed. Am I correct there please? > And if it is just a sliding washer, it must be well frozen on, so are there any tricks for getting the little blighter to budge? Heat? Pry-bar? Puller? Soaking for a week with penetrating oil? Cuss and swear a lot? Split it apart with a nut-splitter? > > Thanks all! > Graham in NZ (GTV, 156, lotsa Alfasud) -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
