Created by: 
Posted:
Nov 7, 2019
06:13PM
Edited:
Nov 7, 2019
06:14PM
|
Total posts: 3346
Last post: Apr 21, 2024 Member since:Jul 20, 2002
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
|
'it it with a 'ammer. If you don't succeed, 'it it 'arder. If you still don't succeed, 'it it with a bigger 'ammer. If it breaks it weren't no good in the first bloody place.
|
|
Total posts: 2057
Last post: Feb 5, 2024 Member since:Sep 24, 1999
|
Cars in Garage: 1
Photos: 231 WorkBench Posts: 11 |
|
Image Gallery
|
|
Total posts: 8382
Last post: Jan 13, 2022 Member since:Feb 7, 2006
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
|
Maybe heat up the Aluminum cone not too hot to disturb the rubber (if you plan on re using).
I think i have a pair of stock front cones if you need them.
I think i have a pair of stock front cones if you need them.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
|
|
Total posts: 2057
Last post: Feb 5, 2024 Member since:Sep 24, 1999
|
Cars in Garage: 1
Photos: 231 WorkBench Posts: 11 |
|
Later ones are 14mm metric.. hard to tell on these ones as the threads are pretty rusted.. will have to clean them up and see what I can use as I have both sizes of threaded rod.. More banging today with no success getting the cones off, more penetrating fluid and another day to wait.. something has to give eventually
|
|
Total posts: 8382
Last post: Jan 13, 2022 Member since:Feb 7, 2006
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
|
It depends on the year the newer ones are metric. i can't remember when they changed maybe 76 when the single bolt sub frames came about.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
|
|
Total posts: 1557
Last post: Apr 12, 2024 Member since:Mar 10, 1999
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
|
pretty sure the nut inside the cone is 1/2" fine thread. I envision a threaded tool to assist by pushing on the trumpet interior while you are outside prying on the trumpet lip.
|
|
Total posts: 2057
Last post: Feb 5, 2024 Member since:Sep 24, 1999
|
Cars in Garage: 1
Photos: 231 WorkBench Posts: 11 |
|
|
|
Total posts: 8382
Last post: Jan 13, 2022 Member since:Feb 7, 2006
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
|
I had one that was tight and removed the knuckle from the trumpet then supported the assembly and hit it inside with a piece of #/8" or !/2" round rod, just moving around the inside loosened it up the hardest part was keeping it supported in the vice.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
|
|
Total posts: 2057
Last post: Feb 5, 2024 Member since:Sep 24, 1999
|
Cars in Garage: 1
Photos: 231 WorkBench Posts: 11 |
|
Will let them soak for a few days, then try bashing as suggested..maybe some restrained banging at the edges to vibrate the penetrating fluid into the joint... every 5 minute job seems to take hours on an old Mini.. 
I guess that's why we love working on them.. not shortage of things to do!
I guess that's why we love working on them.. not shortage of things to do!
|
|
Total posts: 4134
Last post: Oct 13, 2020 Member since:Oct 8, 2011
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
|
I have a large vise and I catch the rubber spring in the vise one jaw inside one outside, tighten place a pipe over the trumpet and pull down. Vise is bolted to 400 lb welding bench. This has resulted in ripping the the lower cup out of the rubber. I have a pair of fronts HI-LOs stuck for a year or more. The plan is cut the sub frame so I can remove them then give them a try. I have a lot of trumpets in many different lengths. Steve (CTR)
|
|
Total posts: 1716
Last post: Oct 18, 2020 Member since:Oct 18, 2011
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
I find a large tree is kinder to the cone if you want to use it again...
Don't forget plenty of coppaslip on re-assembly..
Cheers, Ian
Don't forget plenty of coppaslip on re-assembly..
Cheers, Ian
|
|
Total posts: 1649
Last post: Jun 22, 2022 Member since:Apr 30, 2009
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
|
Find area away from breakables.
FInd area with concrete or asphault ground
Grasp trumpet in hand firmly. Raise high above head.
Strike swiftly the cone down onto the ground 3 x.
Rotate trumpet
Repeat
Smash it on the ground a few times they usually come free.
Goodluck
FInd area with concrete or asphault ground
Grasp trumpet in hand firmly. Raise high above head.
Strike swiftly the cone down onto the ground 3 x.
Rotate trumpet
Repeat
Smash it on the ground a few times they usually come free.
Goodluck
|
|
Total posts: 42
Last post: Apr 7, 2020 Member since:Dec 4, 2011
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
If you were closer I would give you a pair of trumpets.
Michael
Michael
|
|
Total posts: 2057
Last post: Feb 5, 2024 Member since:Sep 24, 1999
|
Cars in Garage: 1
Photos: 231 WorkBench Posts: 11 |
|
|
|
Total posts: 1723
Last post: Oct 20, 2020 Member since:Jun 18, 1999
|
Cars in Garage: 0
Photos: 0 WorkBench Posts: 0 |
|
Can you put them in the freezer and then in a large pot of boiling water?
|
|
Total posts: 2057
Last post: Feb 5, 2024 Member since:Sep 24, 1999
|
Cars in Garage: 1
Photos: 231 WorkBench Posts: 11 |
|
Gave up after a few hours of prying, banging and other failed attempts at removing the rubber cones from the front trumpets.. I want to keep both of them, so don't want to cut anything off. Any suggestion on how to get them apart? they have been sprayed with penetrating oil and waiting for me to get back out and beat on them
