 New A-Arm Bushings Binding, Took apart and reassembled (long) |
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| vesnyder |
 Apr 4 2006, 05:48 AM
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I put all new bushings and struts on my '73 this Winter and over the past several weeks the ride has gotten noticably harsh. When depressing the front by putting my weight on it it barely moved? Despite my new Bilsteins, something was amiss? I disconnected my new sway bar thinking that this was binding - but it made no difference? The only other option, outside of bad new Bilsteins (unlikely) was binding in the new a-arm bushings? After disassembling the a-arm mounts it was obvious that they were binding? Interestingly they did move when I jacked the car up, but when disconnecting the strut I could not move the arm by hand at all? Thankfully I was able to work on the arm by just disconnecting the front and rear mounts, as opposed to removing the ball joints and tie rod. Reading that the movement of the bushings is supposed to be on the ID of the bushings, I removed the bushings and milled the ID until the bushing slid on with minimal effort. I also put the zerk (sp?) grease fitting on both the front and rear and slotted the ID of the bushing to allow grease to be added to the bushing later - just in case I get squeaking at some point. This is discussed in detail on Pelican - which I've provided a link.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread....=bushings+lathe |
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vesnyder New A-Arm Bushings Binding Apr 4 2006, 05:48 AM
gopack My "A"m arms bind on one side too after installing... Apr 4 2006, 06:07 AM Jeroen to be able to move the arm up and down by hand, yo... Apr 4 2006, 06:14 AM
Lawrence While I concur with Jeroen... it's still a gre... Apr 4 2006, 09:09 AM  |
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