Posted By: Brad_Haak
First MoPig update in months - 06/19/22 08:51 PM
The old car hasn't been touched for a while, but I'm trying to make progress again on it.
Today saw the front suspension reassembly completed -- mostly -- and the front wheels back on the car. The front end rebuild got QA1 tubular upper control arms, QA1 adjustable strut rods, Bergman Auto Craft LCA pins & Delrin LCA bushings, new Moog lower ball joint assemblies plus inner & outer tie rod ends. The "mostly" comment is it looks like I need a new idler arm, too. After that gets swapped out, the alignment is gonna need a major adjustment.
Need new front brake hard lines, also... I completely forgot one side was damaged during disassembling of the front end before the frame repairs were done, and the other side was having problems getting it to thread into the hose to the caliper today.
Another thanks to Mike Hynes for putting a cattle prod to my butt to get back into the garage.
Today saw the front suspension reassembly completed -- mostly -- and the front wheels back on the car. The front end rebuild got QA1 tubular upper control arms, QA1 adjustable strut rods, Bergman Auto Craft LCA pins & Delrin LCA bushings, new Moog lower ball joint assemblies plus inner & outer tie rod ends. The "mostly" comment is it looks like I need a new idler arm, too. After that gets swapped out, the alignment is gonna need a major adjustment.
Need new front brake hard lines, also... I completely forgot one side was damaged during disassembling of the front end before the frame repairs were done, and the other side was having problems getting it to thread into the hose to the caliper today.
Another thanks to Mike Hynes for putting a cattle prod to my butt to get back into the garage.