Flying Finn

Hey guys,

Just another "adventure" with me buying parts and then letting them sit in a garage for a year(s) before installing...

Bought a set of a-arms with monoballs installed a while back and finally decided to mount them but realized a snafu with the a-arms and how the monoballs are installed... Luckily I checked before I took the old arms out.

Can you spot what's wrong?

Now it's time to start heating the arms and hopefully can get these things out and turned around...

Any tips? Just blowtorch and trying to be gentle?

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

I would NOT heat them unless you can positively confirm that the monoballs do not have PTFE liners (high-end ones do) otherwise you will ruin them.

These should be carefully pressed out and re-installed the same way.

Flying Finn

Thanks Steve, much appreciated.

I wanted to post as I wasn't sure, good to know they can be pressed without heat.
These look real good quality but I have no way of knowing whether PTFE or not.

Flying Finn

About, liners, us there a way to know? To me these look (and I thought they were) just metal.

Bill Verburg

Rotate the ball as far as you can, the liner can be seen
Though some are much flimsier than these

Flying Finn

OK, got it, thanks Bill.