A Light Recovery Trailer from Downunder

[Sam Scholz]

Anyway, back to disassembling the front end.

The towing A frame was a poor fit in its' brackets. This will be fixed when reassembling it. (Don't ask how. I dunno yet!)

LRT A frame misalignment 10 2023.JPG


After the removal of the pivot bolt, the front axle frame could be removed and inspected. Other than the axle bolts (4 on each side) being corroded away to nothing, and so having nothing to grip to extract them with, there are no apparent problems, just very heavy.

LRT Front axle frame b 10 2023.JPG


Next was the front trunnion removal which started with the brass bush caps being removed. They did not want to move, but were gently coerced!

LRT Front axle trunion rear bush removal a 10 2023.JPG


The front cap was easier to move, but even then the trunnion wanted to stay in place. In the end, it was brute force!

LRT Front axle trunion front bush removal 10 2023.JPG


Done! But way too heavy for me to man-handle. I have a pallet jack that does a lot of the heavy handling.

LRT Front axle trunion removed 10 2023.JPG


So far, so good.

Enjoy.
Sam.