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    Question on Bilstein shocks

    That's not so difficult for those of us who have dealt with it for unmpteen years. Conversion factor from inch to millimeters is 25.4 11/16" = .6875 = 17.46mm which will still be a tough find. 17mm = .6693 , (divided by 25.4 to get that). Could be close enough for rubber bushing versus a twist...
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    leaf spring bushings

    I need to replace all rear leaf spring bushings on a 67 Barracuda with 7.25 rear. I hope I can get polygraphite that wont squeak. I still need to measure the diameter of the front eye of the spring and bolt hole size. I dodn't know how to go about getting the FABO discount.
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    1967 Barracuda

    I'm going to guess, Your car didn't come of the line with big block and 4 speed. Improved handling doesn't come from soft parts. Moogs offset upper bushings may be the exception. Handling comes from springs/torsion bars, stabilizer bar(s), and more modern shock absorbers. For every tiny but of...
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    New Stamped Steel A body Control Arms

    Change that to "factory disc brake pre 1973 A body cars used a small ball joint." Replacement threaded bungs ( weld in ) for correcting this failure have been available for many years. If my upper ball joint popped out after I had recently installed new upper arm bushing....
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    Torsion bar adjuster failure.

    You can't screw those in with the cars weight on them. I don't screw them out while weight loaded either but others do. Proper procedure; lift vehicle, adjust, lower vehicle, jounce and roll vehicle, measure, repeat until desired measurement is achieved.
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    Idler arm?

    You'll need to reuse those spacer washers from the original.
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