Parts Sourcing for Front Suspension Rebuild
Like I told you get under the car and see how you can move the arm at the pin front to back. Or just do the drive to reverse check with a helper. You'll see the problem.
When a OEM bushing tears this is what it does that makes the car wonder on uneven roads. Now not only are you letting it move you promote it with lube. This changes the alignment when they move.
It only gets worse with the swivel on the front of the adjustable struts.
My car failed from using double flat upper bolts that came from the same Vender that sold the kit. The bolts are weaker then the single flat OEM style. They do not take the same torque before they fail. The alignment shop tightened them. I didn't think they were that weak. The thread pulled right off.
I never saw a pin fail in the 40+ years of working on these cars unless the K-member failed from the pre 70 cars with use of heavy bars and a stabilizer without the braced K-member from 70 up. One of the reasons I posted these pictures.
The only movement on the pin has a sleeve on it that you leave in place to install the poly bushings. So before the pin wears it has to wear through the sleeve
If you look close at the picture of the k-member I cut apart you can see the factory welded brace on the outside. And having cut these apart I know what they look like on the inside also. I wonder why they did that? Seams you would have the answer for that? You seam to have the answers why your two cars are the base for your expert knowledge.
I am only trying to enlighten you on the facts. Not assumptions . If the Vender's selling these parts would admit to their poor engineering . The bottom would drop out of their sales. And think of the liability they would face. But I forgot their could be no liability from Chinese made parts.
You need to sit down and think why they encased the OEM bushings. It was not to stop them from moving side to side. It was to stop it from moving front to back. And they didn't secure the torsion to hold the arm front for a reason. Wonder why? You should have the answer for that.
Like I told you get under the car and see how you can move the arm at the pin front to back. Or just do the drive to reverse check with a helper. You'll see the problem.
When a OEM bushing tears this is what it does that makes the car wonder on uneven roads. Now not only are you letting it move you promote it with lube. This changes the alignment when they move.
It only gets worse with the swivel on the front of the adjustable struts.
My car failed from using double flat upper bolts that came from the same Vender that sold the kit. The bolts are weaker then the single flat OEM style. They do not take the same torque before they fail. The alignment shop tightened them. I didn't think they were that weak. The thread pulled right off.
I never saw a pin fail in the 40+ years of working on these cars unless the K-member failed from the pre 70 cars with use of heavy bars and a stabilizer without the braced K-member from 70 up. One of the reasons I posted these pictures.
The only movement on the pin has a sleeve on it that you leave in place to install the poly bushings. So before the pin wears it has to wear through the sleeve
If you look close at the picture of the k-member I cut apart you can see the factory welded brace on the outside. And having cut these apart I know what they look like on the inside also. I wonder why they did that? Seams you would have the answer for that? You seam to have the answers why your two cars are the base for your expert knowledge.
I am only trying to enlighten you on the facts. Not assumptions . If the Vender's selling these parts would admit to their poor engineering . The bottom would drop out of their sales. And think of the liability they would face. But I forgot their could be no liability from Chinese made parts.
You need to sit down and think why they encased the OEM bushings. It was not to stop them from moving side to side. It was to stop it from moving front to back. And they didn't secure the torsion to hold the arm front for a reason. Wonder why? You should have the answer for that.
