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I have an 8.25 sure grip with 3.55’s. I understand that the case is the same but you must change carriers between high and lower ratios…

I’m eyeing a June T&T too! Be safe and good luck.

Beat me to it! I just copied it to post. lol

One last pass to torque bolts, grease fittings, height adjustment, and one more brake bleed. It rolls pretty straight despite being all tore apart. Steering wheel is a little off. I’m taking it for a pro alignment Monday. See ya’ll out on the blacktop!

That $AXON purchase worked out as of today. Not quite 10% but better than the S&P so far. April was the better dip for sure!

Preaching to the choir Once in a long while a jury rig will work forever. They never look right though!

Step father used to call me jive turkey, had to visit…. Thanks for your service. & Welcome from the PNW

FSM shows tool C-3711 which I understand one can procure at Mancini Racing still. The idea is jack the LCA up enough that the ball joint studs line up and screw this thing in between them to push both ways. Then tap the knuckles with a dead blow hammer. Mine was homemade Cheers

Yikes! I’m scheduled for an alignment on the 12th. Hope I can get it settled before that. I attempted to get my head around the indexing idea but i couldn’t find much guidance on it in the FSM. Did yours relax onto the bump stops?

Makin’ fun of me! Well it steers and stops! Settling down some. I’m not digging the rake so much. Adjustments continue…

I’m this close to installing a backup camera!

You can see that the LCAs had some texture inside the bushing seats; I wrapped a socket with 80 grit and smoothed out the bore a bit.

I got a pair of RMS adjustable ones back in 2017 to replace a bent strut.

PITA v 2.0. I broke one of my soft hammers getting both to within half an inch of home. One with the bushing in first the other with the pivot inside the bushing. Took them to Harbor Hydraulic and Machine and they pressed them the rest of the way. Thanks guys!

No sir, I used a scissor jack to raise the LCA (&knuckle) back into the upper ball joint stud.

Looks like you’ve got your front end all apart too just now! I’d think if your new setup is the same length you would be G2G at least 10miles. Mine is going to the alignment guy with a lot more adjustments needed but not very far. I had an idler arm fall right out of the K frame (‘65 Dart)...

lol. I tried that first but feared that it might fuse the shell for good if I got too aggressive with the heat. I set for A 1.5 and all my slag buggers just ripped out! Went with the fold over the lip and push hard method. Sucked! Only one black finger though

PITA !!

I’m super jealous of the folks in this forum that can get lots of work done in short order! Waited most of February on a calipers mixup and I’m DIY tax guy here and it ate March up. Both kids b-days going on now and we’re doing parties with their friends. & I just learned that halibut opens on...

My $8 C-3711 knockoff

Off to drop off a first grader and then the parts store for a lower ball joint. Detroit Muscle Technology has torsion bar clips. They’re on the way too as one was missing. I also took some of the play out of the back of the LCAs

Idle hands are the devil’s workshop. …Waiting on parts Added a little slag bugger to that wore out bump stop.

The LCA sides look solid. Hard to say on the other side. Tube seems smaller than the hole on that side. For the taper i reckon. It will need a little cleaning but I believe it’s good. Thanks

Good point! A spell or two with leaking valve covers may have helped as there is plenty of lube in both tubes. The pivot rocks a tiny bit when inserted all the way into the K frame

For the record or for science, I will say that after 65,000 miles and 14 years without lubricating the poly bushings that I didn’t know I had, and cleaning the dirt out of them, they may still be serviceable! Lol. I think my slop issues were likely caused by “end play” due to a combination of...

Looks like I’m getting a ball joint and the retaining clip was AWOL behind that torsion bar! This LCA just slipped right off the bushing too. Currently scoping out 1 3/8” taps …

I rigged this up to apply pressure and then a dead blow worked. Well 3 out of 4 anyway. I had to screw it on one of the lower ball joints and whale the crap outta it. I can’t do the same with the tie rod ends though…

Well they don’t have to be too fast, the other lower ball joint isn’t giving up! -and I think the old outter shells ARE still in place too….

Which one would you say has the most applications for our A bodies? Meaning, do you have one that is your go to for tie rod ends but can pinch hit in multiple other jobs too? you’ve abused it for years and it’s still working fine. Thanks

Nice sunny weather all week but rather than getting everything tied down and to the alignment shop, i ran into a problem….. Adjusting front end height I couldn’t tighten the pivot shafts. Upon further inspection I felt the LCAs were pretty sloppy too so…. Out one came… looks like poly...