Removing rear trunnion bolt?

[markcro]

Is there a knack to removing the rear trunnion bolt? It turns but I've been hammering it all morning and it hasn't moved even a mm

[WIMPUS]

oh boy, seems i was lucky last week when i did renew the bush on mine !

If you can get a hacksaw between the link & the bearing housing to then cut it like that.
I know it will take a while and bit a shit job to do 🤔 😲

[willows40]

I have cut them out with the extra thin cutting disc in a grinder before. Not the easiest job to do

Cheers Andy

[Velocita Rosso]

Over all these years I could never understand why the vertical links could not have been separated
Where the joining bar is solid ,why could it not have been a `nut and  bolt` type connection, then it would help on the trunnion bolt removal

[markcro]

Thanks guys. Another delay in getting back on the road. And more hacksawing and blisters so.....

[drofgum]

Quoted from Velocita Rosso

Over all these years I could never understand why the vertical links could not have been separated
Where the joining bar is solid ,why could it not have been a `nut and  bolt` type connection, then it would help on the trunnion bolt removal

The simple answer to this is assembly costs would have been higher without improving warranty claims. The challenges we face this many years into the life of these cars wouldn't have been considered when they were being designed.
The separable vertical link would probably have a similar rust problem by now.
                                                                           Regards,
                                                                           Paul

[byakk0]

bolt rusts to the bushing, and the bushing is larger than the hole in the vertical link. Once I had cut mine out (I used a sawz-all), I had to heat it just enough to get plastic bushing around the metal bushing to melt. Then it was just a matter of reinstalling the new stuff, with a little bit of grease to prevent seizing/rusting together in the future. (mk1 GT6, btw)