Pita indeed. I ended up doing the "scab weld a bunch of washers inside and press it out with the weld breaking a few times because I'm a crappy welder" method.
"Something in the Orange"
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like_A_pike
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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
like_A_pike
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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!
340sFastback
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Yeah those Delrin bushings are like a rock hard like plastic. You get adjustable strut rods too?
like_A_pike
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I got a pair of RMS adjustable ones back in 2017 to replace a bent strut.
like_A_pike
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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 wrapped a socket with 80 grit and smoothed out the bore a bit.
like_A_pike
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Makin’ fun of me!
Well it steers and stops! Settling down some. I’m not digging the rake so much. Adjustments continue…
340sFastback
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After I had my torsion bars out for over a year once back together I had to keep adjusting torsion bars because front end kept sagging. After 6-8 weeks or so it finally stopped sagging.
like_A_pike
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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?
340sFastback
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Yeah mine sagged all the way down to bumps stops a few times, usually after I drove it. It never sagged just sitting in garage. You can set height you want, get it aligned, and then adjust torsion bars to keep that same height as needed.
like_A_pike
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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!
like_A_pike
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Drove down to the Columbia this morning. Lots of twisting mountain roads and MC’Ds for a pit stop in Raymond. I learned that there is a small cruise in there every Thursday at 1. Strange coincidence. We had parked right in their spot as folks were just showing up… had to run home to pick my son up from school however and promised to return sometime…
like_A_pike
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You chose a way better day!
like_A_pike
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After chasing down an oil leak last week, I finally got up to Bremerton for a few runs…(2067)
Apparently I forgot when to leave but it was a pretty good night for the orange car!
like_A_pike
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Great pic! 
like_A_pike
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Thanks Mr Steve. My wife was trying to get footage of the launch and keep the rest of our “pit crew” in order. I grabbed a frame from the second time slip.
This is the first picture of the theme where the front actually comes up, the back doesn’t squat a bunch, and the tires aren’t just spinning!
This is the first picture of the theme where the front actually comes up, the back doesn’t squat a bunch, and the tires aren’t just spinning!
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