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pacerman
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Yes, that is one symptom of a damaged/aged trunnion cushion. What model and year of car do you have? As said above depending on what car you have, the vendors like Galvin's have a replacement trunnion/cushion that can be installed or they can have the trunnion revulcanized onto your tube I think. Joe
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amcman
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It seems like you might need a new torque tube stabilizer trunnion to stop the wobble while driving. The symptoms you describe can be caused by a bad or damaged trunnion. As they get older they can be damaged or fail more easily. Nashramblerrubber.com makes a high quality factory replacement trunion. If your Rambler is made after 62, it is a slightly different design. You will have to go to Galvin for that design if that's the one you have. Sorry to hear about the jack collapsing. Your Rambler will probably drive better with a new trunnion.
-Jim
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tubular_joe
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She's a 66-18 with a 327. I've send a request to Galvin's. They show a "rebuilt" tube with the trunnion already attached. I think I'll go with that.
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farna
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Or you can remove the old one, get some high density rubber (like a thick pickup truck bed pad, or pads used in horse stables), and make a cushion. It doesn't have to collapse much, in fact it CAN'T collapse much or it will continue to cause the issue you have, will just cut down on noise until it collapses. RTV it to the torque tube end. You will likely have to layer the pad (RTV layers together) to get close to the right thickness. That works, just hard to find high density rubber in a small amount, unless you find a pad at a junk yard or horse stable. The original is hard to get off too -- a wood chisel or sharpened scraper and a hammer works though.
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