Whats happening here

[SteveB31]

Your assembly is correct but installed wrong and containing one piece it should not have.

Throw away the rubber piece that is squeezing out.

Remove the bottom cup. Remove the springs and spacers. Reinstall the lower cup, THEN install the springs and spacers UNDER the lower cap, then the two nuts. After this is all together, make sure you cannot move the wishbone ups and down. It should be able to pivot , but not be loose up and down. If it is loose up and down you need a shim.

Make sense?

Steve Becker
Berts Model A Center
www.modelastore.com

[SteveB31]

The felt goes up inside the hole. Usually installed from the inside when the trans is out. The purpose of the felt is to absorb some of the oil that leaks out of the front of the transmission to keep that assemble oiled. Doesn't look like your is lacking in lubrication, so really the felt is not too important since you have lubrication (leaking from above).

[William Kelchner]

Thanks to everybody for their inputs - I'll get this problem fixed and hopefully this will be it.

Don't see how you can own one of these machines without this site. Got to meet a Model A'er who lives close by and has bailed me out at least three times. I can spend the better part of a day timing my machine and he walks in and does it in 5 minutes.

At any rate best of holidays to everybody and again for all the help

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by William Kelchner

Thanks to everybody for their inputs - I'll get this problem fixed and hopefully this will be it.

[William Kelchner]

Got me Mike V - got me laughing good... I put a jack under the front. (was this called the wishbone back in the day?? The ball has mucho verticle play. I hope the ball can be fixed with the washer trick......if not, am I doomed ?

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

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Originally Posted by SteveB31

Your assembly is correct but installed wrong and containing one piece it should not have.

Throw away the rubber piece that is squeezing out.

Remove the bottom cup. Remove the springs and spacers. Reinstall the lower cup, THEN install the springs and spacers UNDER the lower cap, then the two nuts. After this is all together, make sure you cannot move the wishbone ups and down. It should be able to pivot , but not be loose up and down. If it is loose up and down you need a shim.

Make sense?

Steve Becker
Berts Model A Center
www.modelastore.com

Yo, Steverino, Dog here, I saw yo' shim thingy, some HORRENDOUS price, like $1.78 ur $1.97, ur sumptin' like that! Order 6 & give them to friends fur their BURTHDAY! See if they kin figger out whut their for Buster T.