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The inner mountings of the lower wishbones are fitted with flexing rubber bearings which require no
lubrication and form a silent and resilient connection to the box section chassis frame cross-member.
The steering swivel pins are of a special design, with the top and bottom bearings threaded to provide
large areas and absorb both thrust and journal loads. The swivel pin threads are of opposite hand on
each side of the car and are therefore not interchangeable. The steering connection from wheel to
wheel is provided by the steering gearbox rack bar and two short tic-rods, with ball joints at each end.
The outer ball joints are fitted with grease gun nipples, but the inner ball sockets are enclosed in the
telescopic rubber dust excluders and are automatically lubricated from the steering gearbox.
K.1 REMOVING THE FRONT SUSPENSION
Lift the front of the car with a jack placed under the centre of the front cross-member until the front
wheels arc just clear of the ground.
Remove the front wheels.
Place the jack under each spring pan in turn and lift until the hydraulic damper arms are just clear of
the rebound rubbers.
Disconnect the hydraulic brake hose (Section M.18).
Fig. K1 The assembly of the king pin swivel link
Slacken the steering tie-rod nuts and screw the tie-rods out of the steering ball joints, using a spanner
on the flats on the rods.
Remove the split pins and nuts from the two outer fulcrum bolts. Draw out the bolts and take away the
front hub and swivel pin units complete. (Take care of the thrust washers, rubber seals, retainers, and
fulcrum pins.)
Release the jacks from under the spring pans.
Press down the lower wishbone assemblies and remove the coil springs
Remove the four bolts holding the spring pan to the levers
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