quote:The lower shafts are giving me hell.
Bill,
I had problems with the lower shafts on mine too. I spent over an hour trying to get the upright assembly started into the lower a arm. It would just start to go and then pop out, with the washers falling on the floor. Then I would have to clean the washers, regrease, and reassemble them. There was now way that I could use a clamp or some other leverage to get the upright to slide into the a arm.
So, I took a break to access the situation. What I found was that the sleeve (the part that goes through the bushings) was .028" longer than the old sleeve. The small washer was .038" thick. If I were to replace that washer with a .010" thick washer, It would fit. But .010" would be too thin for this washer, so I took .028" off of the new sleeve and everything fit perfectly. The sleeve for the other side was .023" longer than its old sleeve.
Also, one end of the sleeve was not round and had to be cleaned up.
Was this the problem(s) that you had, or was it with the bushing alignment (another story)? Or other?
John