NEW PST pivot shaft bolt sheared off. Can't get LCA out.

hula said
Ok, LCA came off with pry bar and shaft was still in LCA. Put a pipe wrench on it and took some effort to get it turning where i could eventually tap the pipe wrench and get it out. My old pilot shaft went in by hand no resistance and you can move it laterally in other words its not snug in the bushing. I noticed the taper was longer on the PST shaft and a little larger. Ill be removing the other side also. Are the bushings in the K member replaceable or is it a major PITA? I'd like to have greaseable shafts but I'm leery now. Recommendations?
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Those are the wrong shafts. The threads bottomed out. They look almost like E-body pivots, but I’m away from my parts stash at the moment so I can’t comfirm. Needless to say they’re different from A-body pivots.

Bushings in the K-member? There aren’t any. The pivot mounts are just metal tubes welded inside the K frame. If they’re damaged, changing them involves cutting open the K frame, so yeah, PITA. Did you mean the LCA bushings? Cause that’s different.

hula said
Which greasable pins do you run and what do you torque them to?
Thanks
Hal

Mine are from Firm Feel Inc. They get torqued to 100 ft/lbs.

MrCuda68 said
Looks to me like you ran out of thread.

Yup.

hula said
View attachment 1715170387 View attachment 1715170384 View attachment 1715170385 View attachment 1715170382 View attachment 1715170383 Ok, I'm new to this forum and this is the first time I've ever used PST and I don't want anyone to think I'm just ranting to bash them. I went to find the new LCA rubber bushings they sent in my kit thinking I might use those. I pulled them out and noticed the one on the left looks like old rubber and has some grime around the edges and inside ie used. WTH. Now I'm wondering if the T bars I got from them are going to snap. This really concerns me.
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The poly bushings had nothing to do with this, so, the rubber bushings won’t solve it. This isn’t a reason not to use the poly bushings and greasable pivots, as long as you get the right pivots. Not sure if PST sent you E-body pivots or if their design is wrong, but that one you broke isn’t right for an A body either way.

As for that rubber bushing, it doesn’t look used but that rubber looks hammered. Like it’s deteriorated or UV damaged. I wouldn’t use it.