1971 340 Road Runner Revival

[whayden2003]

The white piece, at least for a floor shift car, is actually just a retainer for a foam seal.

The wire piece is something that was developed post production to keep the grease seal lid from popping off. It’s handy!

Foam here. I think they have the retainer too: Mopar A 71-73 B 71-72 E Body 71-74 1Pc Steering Column End Foam Seal

The job you are doing is top notch sir. Thanks for sharing.

 

[SMS68]

Finally finished up and mounted the brackets I made to support the car while I have the K frame out. Also got first torsion bar adjustment bolt busted loose…50 years of crud made it stubborn. Need to fab a torsion bar clamp to beat the bars out next…

 

[SMS68]

Fabricated a clamp to hammer the torsion bars out. Didn’t take much hammering at all once I got the clamp firmly mounted.

Rewarded with some still viable grease in the sockets and the original Aluminum marking paint for the correct torsion bars. Pretty cool.

 

[SMS68]

Finally wrapped this phase up. K frame is out!

 

[SMS68]

Spent a little bit of time tearing down the K frame and suspension yesterday. What a mess! Side note: The little $20 ball joint press from Harbor Freight worked great on not only the ball joints, but the tie rod ends as well.

 

[HawkRod]

Spent a little bit of time tearing down the K frame and suspension yesterday. What a mess! Side note: The little $20 ball joint press from Harbor Freight worked great on not only the ball joints, but the tie rod ends as well.

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Nice work.

I think too often suspensions are overlooked and nice looking cars end up handling like crap. All new front suspension components, set up properly, will do wonders for the car!