RE: 2 Steps Forward & 3 Steps Back

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Murphy's law.. LOL

Bill Maurits wrote:
> 
> So I'm out in the garage working on the front end in the 65 Coronet
> last night until 1:15 am...everything was going well and it was
> turning out to be a nice, productive evening. I finally got the upper
> ball joints out Thurs night and was getting the final clean up done
> and putting everything back together. I got the upper control arm in,
> mounted the spindle on it, mounted the lower ball joint and got it
> bolted in, then decided to mount the caliper bracket and mock up the
> rest of the parts. Well lets just say I think I found out why they say
> to NOT use 73 B-Body disc brake setups for a swap to an earlier car.
> Forget that the spindle is supposedly taller...the f'ing brake hose
> bolt is mounted on the bottom of the f'ing caliper and hits the f'ing
> control arm whenever you turn the f'ing wheel! Unless I actually make
> a relief cut in the end of the control arm outboard of the shock mount
> (which ain't gonna happen), this setup will not work. Talk about hours
> of seemingly productive effort followed by 1 minute of "OH $H!T!!!
> WTF!?!?!? MOTHER &^$*  $#$^#   %$#@&*% !!!"
> 
> So it looks like I get to tear the disc brake setup off my 73 Dart
> Sport and hunt for replacement parts for it. I guess I;ll be tearing
> that stuff apart tonight which means another week behind schedule.
> 
> -- 
> Bill M
> 65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html
> 73 Dart Sport, 21 Model T Depot Hack
> 00 Cherokee Sport, 01 Dakota SLT, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda 3


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