Recent content by theman440

Back at it, more fun stuff . . . cleaning parts. Step 1 - clean off oil, grease & dirt. Step 2 - remove old paint with paint remover. Step 3 - soak parts in my vinnegar, lemon juice & salt soup. Upper control arms before - And after - now ready for new bushings, ball joints and fresh paint -

As you can see in the pictures the control arms, spindles & struts are all painted black. So somebody was in here previously. I'm pretty sure it was my dad, he was a penny pincher so he probably only replaced what was needed, usually the bushings and lower ball joints & maybe a couple tie rod...

Uppers - how do you get yours out? I claim victory again !

Bushing removal time - I ended up adding more welds to get the shells out but I won!

Dissasembly - turns out the front shocks are done-in unlike the rears. Gonna put KYB's on it.

A little cleanup on the drivers side This is the idler arm off the car, there are no grease fittings. Could this be the original? Unbelievably it is still very tight too!

You probably guesed that I will also be rebuilding the front suspension also, hoping to get it done for Fall so I can drive it! Look at all this carnage - This is the drivers lower bushing, the passenger side was not nearly as bad.

The parts pile is growing -

Uh, oh . . . what happened here?

Back at it Sunday, no pictures but I filled the diff with friction modifier & gear oil. Cleaned up all the brake parts and installed them. Installed the shocks. I also replaced the fuel hard line (tank to pump) and all the rubber too with new clamps. It was a bitch because I had to modify it to...

Thanks for the info guys !

Can anybody tell me what the torque spec is for the U-bolts? Also - how much friction modifier to put into the diff?

No pictures of it but we got the diff back in the car - The shop supervisor approved of our work.

I really happy with the contrast between the cast iron & bare steel parts. I had to buy a reproduction Sure-Grip Lube tag, the original was damaged. New vent bolt & brake hose installed. The bumper on the snubber is the original & it looks brand new. I guess the fact that it never saw UV light...

I had finished painting and assembling the second leaf spring a couple days ago. The housing paint had had a few days to dry so now it was time to assemble the diff. I did my best to not screw up any of the paint but you know - also one of my original wheel cylinder bolts broke so I had to use 1...