Re: [Amc-list] t-tube broke

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, d stohler wrote:

> i got the t-tube fixed lastnight. got all ears strait
> and welded back on and bolted it back together. now...
> my big hole in the middle of the t-tube, where the
> truss rods come together. the nut welded on the tube
> side, rust has eaten ALL the threads. so now, i have
> to figure out a way to get that plate off, cut the old
> nut out, get a new nut and bolt to fit... wow, dont we
> all just love the never ending saga of our old cars??

Maybe you oughta get Joe's spare tube!

Funny -- (umm not so) that bolt that holds the peak of the two
braces to that welded-on bracket kept coming loose -- I almost
lost the bolt. No rust on mine, and it had a lock washer, and
the big washers and assembled as per the TSM. It just wouldn't
stay tight!

I took it apart, and squirt brake cleaner in there to get all
the oil out, and assembled it with low-torque loctite. End
of problem.

I don't know what that bolt kept coming loose. There's zero
driveline vibration, and it's not exactly a part that was
assembled/disassembled repeatedly or anything.

Never heard of this happening to anyone else. I don't think it's
a design issue, it's a 44 year old problem, a system living 3 -
4 times its design life.

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