Stroker's 68 Barracuda
Did a little bit of work on the steering column. Used a bearing from Bergman in place of the OE style bushing. This column was a little rough when I pulled it, and you aren't imagining things, I had to take a little bit off the bottom of the housing. It was rusty beyond repair. It also doesn't make a difference to the column and shaft doing their job.
I don't really have anything exciting to say about that. I took it apart, cleaned everything, and put it back together. Still have to rebuild the coupler.
The front upper control arms are on, with energy suspension poly bushings. The lowers are on too, with Mancini poly bushings and shafts and firm feel strut rods. It had been a while, but it's far from the first time I installed Mopar LCAs. Even with the poly bushings the nuts tightened right up with no extra effort. A little shot of lube on the threads goes a long way. I'm not going to open up a can of worms about the strut rod debate, just know not to overthink it and it will work fine.
How about that patch on the frame rail in front of the control arm. Cant wait to pop that off and see whats inside.
I ordered the Wilwood stage 2 brake deal from Doctor Diff over the weekend. Once that shows up I'll do some install stuff.
Did a little bit of work on the steering column. Used a bearing from Bergman in place of the OE style bushing. This column was a little rough when I pulled it, and you aren't imagining things, I had to take a little bit off the bottom of the housing. It was rusty beyond repair. It also doesn't make a difference to the column and shaft doing their job.
I don't really have anything exciting to say about that. I took it apart, cleaned everything, and put it back together. Still have to rebuild the coupler.
The front upper control arms are on, with energy suspension poly bushings. The lowers are on too, with Mancini poly bushings and shafts and firm feel strut rods. It had been a while, but it's far from the first time I installed Mopar LCAs. Even with the poly bushings the nuts tightened right up with no extra effort. A little shot of lube on the threads goes a long way. I'm not going to open up a can of worms about the strut rod debate, just know not to overthink it and it will work fine.
How about that patch on the frame rail in front of the control arm. Cant wait to pop that off and see whats inside.
I ordered the Wilwood stage 2 brake deal from Doctor Diff over the weekend. Once that shows up I'll do some install stuff.
