Recent content by emnestor

Out of curiosity....what can be done in advance of, or during the axle removal to prevent the splines from mis- aligning?

Graphite on the cluster gears? down the cable?

Before I tear into my cluster can anyone tell me if this is most likely cable related or Speedo gears(cluster) related? 1972 Dodge Dart

Wish I could say I have fixed it. I had just finished up restoring an 87 D100 truck and thought I had everything wrapped up so I could focus on the Dart. well......the weather changed and I ended up having to fight bugs on the truck project. leaks, carb issues etc.... the little things. I have...

It is a manual brake car, but that would make sense.

last night I had my neighbor come over and help me rock the various sides of the car and also lifted one side at a time to check a arms, and all joints for slop/ play. Everything seemed to be fine. I found a large parking lot near the airport and made a few runs while turning the motor off and...

Thanks for the check in. I get home tomorrow and can get back out there after it. Trying to scope out a nice straight back road to run that test. Ill post up as soon as I can. Hopefully Thursday.

LOL you got it. Will do.

Now were talking turkey!!! they must pay you the big money!! I feel like an idiot LOL. perfect! Like Rusty Rat Rod said....trial and error/ process of elimination. I think this should answer the question once and for all.

You think it maybe in the power steering? Good idea. Ill try bringing the rpms up before stopping and see if I feel it and then remove the belt and take it for a quick spin when I get back home in a couple of days.

Thought about installing one of Schumachers Torque Straps just to eliminate the possibility of the mounts causing this problem. either way my motor could use it.

Funny you ask... I spent last night looking over the suspension again and everything seems to be fine. I do need to crank that torsion bar up a bit though. i put it up on stands and compressed the suspension on both sides and checked the return as well. all good. I started thinking about the...

So I finally made it home last night and checked the coupler. That thing is tight. No slack at all. So again I did a visual check of the suspension and didn't see anything out of the ordinary and the strut rods seem to be cranked down pretty far and are to torque specs. I did notice that my...

I will most certainly check the play in it as mentioned above. thanks

I only notice it in the steering wheel. It feels like the motor is jumping around and maybe a header or something is hitting the steering box. feels rather heavy. I do not feel it all the time, mainly when I'm coming to a stop or slowing down after opening her up. Like as the motor is settling...