Hi All,
Well... I almost have the rear end assembled. I should have it finished today. I just have to shim and mount the upper control arms and we are done.
What a project.
You have to be very anal when replacing the IRS control arm and center section bushings. The factory bushings bent the mounting tabs to conform to the steel bushing housings. The replacement bushings need to have these tabs flat and parallel. Achieving this is no easy task and requires a lot of fiddling about.
Our tabs were so out of alignment that we could not just bend them back into alignment. We had to take a 1/2" bolt with nut and use it as you would a small screw jack. We positioned the bolt in the bracket and unthreaded the nut until it came into contact with the area we needed to expand and then applied as much elbow grease as physically possible. Lucky for us, this expanded the bracket enough to give us the flat and parallel condition required. I do not know what we would have done if this did not work.
Anyway... Here is a photo of the IRS as it sits this morning.
You all have a nice day. I will just keep plugging along.
SN65
Come see this WIP at
Julian's Collision Center
http://www.julianscollisioncenter.com/
Well... I almost have the rear end assembled. I should have it finished today. I just have to shim and mount the upper control arms and we are done.
What a project.
You have to be very anal when replacing the IRS control arm and center section bushings. The factory bushings bent the mounting tabs to conform to the steel bushing housings. The replacement bushings need to have these tabs flat and parallel. Achieving this is no easy task and requires a lot of fiddling about.
Our tabs were so out of alignment that we could not just bend them back into alignment. We had to take a 1/2" bolt with nut and use it as you would a small screw jack. We positioned the bolt in the bracket and unthreaded the nut until it came into contact with the area we needed to expand and then applied as much elbow grease as physically possible. Lucky for us, this expanded the bracket enough to give us the flat and parallel condition required. I do not know what we would have done if this did not work.
Anyway... Here is a photo of the IRS as it sits this morning.
You all have a nice day. I will just keep plugging along.
SN65
Come see this WIP at
Julian's Collision Center
http://www.julianscollisioncenter.com/