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#1 Rear wishbone cover/cap?

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 3:20 pm
by Richardhealey
Hello everyone,
Just dismantling and cleaning my rear wishbones and come across something rather interesting.
The OS wishbone was filled with a lot of grease at the inner fulcrum shaft end and inside was this metallic object which needed prising off - pictures below.
I wondered if it was some kind of cap or something similar that had come away and rusted itself to the inside of the wishbone.
I haven’t come across such a cover in any of the parts books and indeed maybe it has nothing to do with the car at all and somehow ended up here...

Thoughts welcome!

Many thanks,
Rich
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#2 Re: Rear wishbone cover/cap?

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 9:55 pm
by abowie
Casting sand?

#3 Re: Rear wishbone cover/cap?

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:16 pm
by Richardhealey
Ah, good thinking Andrew.
Hadn’t thought of that and it makes perfect sense..
Cheers!

#4 Re: Rear wishbone cover/cap?

Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:21 pm
by abowie
You would be amazed at how much sand got left inside the blocks sometimes.

#5 Re: Rear wishbone cover/cap?

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:40 am
by E600
Are wishbones cast?I thought they were fabricated.

#6 Re: Rear wishbone cover/cap?

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 3:56 am
by PeterCrespin
Two forgings linked by a tube and a bit of ARB/shock mount bracketry.