Much has been said about the weekness of Austin 7 steering arm's by believers, non believers, and drama queens alike, some have asked for evidence as to how deeply the cracks go, suspecting that they may be superficial. So I currently have a Chummy in the workshop for a few things, today I removed the front axle to replace the Kingpins and on inspection the steering arm was quite obviously cracked, after taking it off I decided to carry out a very technical destruction test with a copper mallet.
Been like it for many years. Its interesting that the crack "stopped" in a straight line. I would have thought it would have been more "arrow head" shape.
My only relationship with David Cochrane is as a customer, but with each of the few Sevens I've had over the years, about the first thing to do is to ring him up for one of his stronger steering arms. Pretty certain that any competition Seven will have the same. To be found on the lists of cherished suppliers.
The car has been laid up for a good many years and my job is to recommission it, if the crack would look any different had it been in regular use I can't tell you.
07-05-2018, 09:47 AM (This post was last modified: 07-05-2018, 09:47 AM by Duncan Grimmond.)
Given the parlous state of most roads in the UK, a run on anything but a new road is bound to encounter a pot-hole nasty enough to encourage a crack to fail...
