 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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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933  |
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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| gopack |
Apr 4 2006, 06:07 AM
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CHEESEHEAD in CA, MARK Group: Members Posts: 744 Joined: 7-August 04 From: Folsom, CA Member No.: 2,472 Region Association: Northern California |
My "A"m arms bind on one side too after installing the Elephant racing poly bronze bushings. I think it is becuse the suspension mounts are no longer lined up properly due to previous collision repair. If your mods don't help, you may want to consider Elephant racing's low friction control arm mounts
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| Jeroen |
Apr 4 2006, 06:14 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
to be able to move the arm up and down by hand, you need to disconnect the strut AND remove the torsion bar adjuster cap
if you don't remove the cap, the spring (torsion bar) is still functional and chances of you moving the arm with the spring installed are pretty slim (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
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| Rusty |
Apr 4 2006, 09:09 AM
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Wanted: Engine case GA003709 Group: Admin Posts: 7,941 Joined: 24-December 02 From: North Alabama Member No.: 6 Region Association: Galt's Gulch 
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While I concur with Jeroen... it's still a great write-up. Thank you for sharing that. I really like the step-by-step on the zerk fittings.
-Rusty (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smoke.gif) |
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