
(Right side: J-arm, bearing and wheel disassembled)

(worn strut and corroded J-arm)

(corroded bearing, tie rod, worn strut,
j-arm) (disassembling tie rod, is to be
replaced, so are both j-arms and bearings)

(corroded splint, stuck in the holes of
the j-arm axle)

(corroded
right j-arm axle, to be cleaned and
treated with grease)

(cleaned
left j-arm axle, still w/o grease)

(assemble new
left j-arm)

(attached new strut to j-arm)  
(painted
primer and black coat on front suspension gear) On 8/5 I continued to
redo the suspension. When I was trying to bolt the strut to the frame, I
realized that the new pre-owned struts (black) didn't fit into the Oddy. Damned
! So I had to utilize the old one (red). 
I
was fortunate and found Oddy style struts on ebay (September 03):  


(This
is the old stuff that was removed from the Oddy. Odd, isn't it ;-)) Next
step was the steering system. Click here.
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