My Suspension Buildup Thread
#76
Looking good. When you put the shocks back in the car, make sure to put some of that poly bushing grease or something on the rubber bushings at the top of the shock. Otherwise you get this annoying squeak from the hatch area.
As for the sway bar bushing, I see no reason not to cut it.
As for the sway bar bushing, I see no reason not to cut it.
#78
Yeah, it's a little garage, but I don't know what I would do without it. It lets me work on the car about 95% of the year, day or night. The only exception is the really cold days we had a while back, but I'm hoping to insulate the garage this summer. That should allow me to work on the car year round without much trouble.
#80
Here is tonight's update. Didnt' get a whole lot done, but I finished up the stuff that I started last night. I went ahead and put in as many poly bushings as I could. I got the upper and lower CA's done, and the watts link bracket. Some of the bushings kept trying to shoot back out of the watts links. I guess that I will just have to wait and put those in on final assembly. That way they can't try to come back out. The nut and bolt that go through there should hold everything together though...
#82
I did clean up the insides of the control arms with some sandpaper though, to smooth them out. Then I painted them. Then put the bushings in....
#83
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That's the weird thing. I did all of those with my bare hands. It is was really easy. I just greased each one and then smashed it in with the palm of my hand. They all went right in. The only annoying part of course, was the ones in the watts links that kept shooting back out at me. Other than those, I put them all in by hand and they went great.
I did clean up the insides of the control arms with some sandpaper though, to smooth them out. Then I painted them. Then put the bushings in....
I did clean up the insides of the control arms with some sandpaper though, to smooth them out. Then I painted them. Then put the bushings in....
#84
Well, I work very intermittently so it is hard to tell how long I've been at it. But, let me tell you this. I am EXTREMELY **** about the parts on my car, and I don't like to put them back on until they are completely cleaned and painted. However, if you just wanted to pull the old parts off and put the new ones on, I think this could all be done in 2 or 3 good days. I figure a good day for the front, a good day for the back, and a day of cushion time to account for any frustration or mistakes that occur. The work is really very easy, I'm just making it take longer than it needs to. The majority of my time has been taken up by cosmetic work.
#86
Absolute Power is Awesome
That's what they say. I've had the staight poly bushings on my sways, front arms, and rear watts for over 10 years now and they still don't squeak.
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