Are suspension parts differernt for a V-8 K frame and the slant 6 K frame?
Thanks dude!
Excellent post!
I think the control arm bushings come with the kit?!
I did hear the front sway bar (If I chose to go that route? ) are different depending on the K Frame. Is that part true?
Thanks!
Oh, I never changed the bars. Its been like this for 3 years. Maybe that's the whole problem?:banghead:
The upper control arm bushings DO come with the kit, but not the offset kind that you can use to improve your alignment. You'll just get standard UCA bushings with the kit.
The sway bars are different depending on the year of the K frame, but not on whether its a /6 or V8. 67-72 get one kind, 73-76 get a different one.
Sounds like you need to get into the entire front end. Replace all the bushings, which will require disassembling the entire thing. While its apart, look for cracks, broken parts etc. Make sure you take a look at the frame too, both the upper and lower control arm mounts are prone to cracks. Then reassemble with new bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends etc. And since the torsion bars will have to come out to do all that, put in a new set when you reassemble.
The torsion bars are not causing the problem your describe, and I didn't intend anyone to think that they are. But they aren't helping, and since you already have to do all the work to remove them, there's no sense in putting old worn out /6 bars back in the car. Even if you hadn't upgraded to a V8!