Step by step instruction r&r 69 Dart k frame

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Snake

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I hope you all dont mind giving me a hand at removing my k frame.I plan on cleaning it up and new bushings,ball joints and so on.Most inportently I need to get a good look at the left side were the lower controll arm goes into the k frame.someone has done a little welding there so I need to pull it all apart to get a good look see.So if you could spend a little time and exsplain how to do this it would be great and i will print out how to do it.I do have a mechinac that is going to help but if he fails i got you boys to help.Thanks Don.
 
If I try step by step from memory I'd surely forget something. I can offer a couple of tips though...
The cars weight and mass is your friend. If you just take the upper arm ecentric bolts out and remove the entire assembly you'll will struggle to split the ball joints especially the lowers. Use apickle fork and a shop hammer to pop all those tapered ball studs.
Identify, mark, photograph, something, for the trosion bars so they go back in same position. I would start with that. Clean and mark the back ends of the T bars and go ahead and remove the retainer wires while there. The preload on the torsion bars acn be your friend also. You would need to remove the upper arm bolts and lower the spindle with a floor jack in order to access the lower ball joint nut. Loosen that nut then jack the assembly back up into place and reinsert bolts. Lower the jack and now the torsion bar is helping seperate the lower joint. Hope that make sense.
When the nuts are removed from the lower arm pivot stud, smack the lower arm with a shop hammer to move it and the T bar backward and out of the rear sockets. Then knock the lower arm forward again and the T bar should practicly fall out.
 
a good start would be to invest in the front end tool kit, at least buy a t-bar removal tool, its a must, but the kit is well worth the money.
they're available at several vendors; muscle motors, mancini, etc
 

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