1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto

Well, this time no steps forward and a whole bunch backwards...lol. Was doing a full once over on the car before taking it for safety. When I first checked the ball joints it was partially hung so there was some load on them. When I checked they seemed tight. I wasn't happy with that so I raised the front of the car with the suspension under load to check again and sure enough, there's some play.

And since I'm always one to go WAY farther than I probably need to I ordered pretty much everything. Only thing I did not order was lower control arm bushings. I couldn't feel any play in them. I will probably double check once I get the tension off the bars. I can have them overnight if need be. I did order new upper and lower ball joints, new inner and outer tie rods, new upper control arm bushings, new idler arm and new pitman arm. I figured if I had to tear into it and was doing an alignment after any way, make sure I knew what I had and no half way with it.

Kinda screws up getting it on the road this upcoming weekend, unless by a miracle the pitman arm and idler come in quick and I can still get an appointment. (I know, a lot of "ifs").

I just hope I can get enough time to tear it apart and get it rebuilt before the weekend. Got everything for the suspension, and the tie rods. Just need the pitman arm and idler to show up. These were pretty much the only parts on the car that were not replaced originally. Lesson learned I guess.