Sleep Posted August 23, 2017 Posted August 23, 2017 Hey all. As some of you know I'm doing the front end (or as much as I care to right now) on my 63. Before I joined here and was aware of some alternate suppliers and resources that some of you have pointed out, I purchased a front end "kit" off ebay. It came with upper and lower control arm bushings, u/l ball joints, uca bumpers tie rods. I bought new bushings for the sway bar as well. The kit came with two of each of these bushings but I'm not sure where they go. I've got upper and lower control arms off at this point. Any help would be appreciated.
Sleep Posted August 23, 2017 Author Posted August 23, 2017 Also, regarding bushings/bumpers, what are your opinions on replacing my UCA bumpers. They aren't cracked, but the replacement ones seem to be a much harder durometer. Same height, just harder and a smaller circumference. As you can see, I've managed to press the guts out of my upper ball joint. I'm not sure the press I rented will remove it. I cut the tacks on the ball joints and I'm sure they are free. Any suggestions? I was gonna take the cut off wheel to them and chisel/hammer them out.
KongaMan Posted August 23, 2017 Posted August 23, 2017 13 minutes ago, Sleep said: ...I purchased a front end "kit" off ebay. It came with upper and lower control arm bushings, u/l ball joints, uca bumpers tie rods. I bought new bushings for the sway bar as well. The kit came with two of each of these bushings but I'm not sure where they go. Those are brake reaction rod bushings. They should have a metal sleeve with them. They install where the reaction rod goes through the frame bracket.
Sleep Posted August 23, 2017 Author Posted August 23, 2017 Right on! I thought the shorter flat/cupped one might be for that but the tall conical one confused me? Since everything is apart should I change them out? There is some light cracking on the one closest to the motor. Again, just not sure whether OEM might be superior to newer aftermarket. She'll never be original and I am doing a disc conversion on the front...multiple questions to follow on that later.
Sleep Posted August 23, 2017 Author Posted August 23, 2017 Also, they did not come with a metal sleeve.
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