Re: How difficult - Front suspension rebuild

[Butch Edison <waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd hate to see you short change yourself. Once you're into it, do it right l. You won't regret it if you do. There are probably some 45 (+) year old parts that will benefit from being replaced. Very likely, you, or your mechanic will find that all the bushings are shot, so figure on a complete front end rebuild .  Even if bushings  "look okay" they are going to be dry as a bone and not provide any cushioning to the front end. Not that big a deal. A full front end kit wll accomplish most of that. 



I'd highly recommend replacing the torsion bars and bushings as well, if you want your car to have a new car ride. Carefully check the steering coupler. If it has ANY play in it, rebuild it as well. Sometimes, sloppy handling can be attributed to something like ball joints, when it's actually a steering coupler or a  steering unit that's so far gone it needs a rebuild. 



One of the Mopar mags recently had a 3-part series on rebuilding your front end and steering. If I can find them, I'll contact you offline . Whether you do it yourself or have a mechanic doing the work, they were very informative. 



Doug S. if you are out there, please jump in and let us know how it went for you getting your front end work done. 



/Butch/ Ferndale, WA 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: 62pluckedchicken@xxxxxxxxx 
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:09:53 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: RE: How difficult - Front suspension rebuild 


The only thing I know fro sure he said was bad were the ball joints, an 
bushings.. but said when he got it apart there may be other parts that 
need to be replaced.. 

I just figured a kit, with most all the compentents of the front 
suspension would be best.. cheaper than buying indivually, and just get 
everyting in tip-top shape all at once.. 

does Bill Rolik have a website? 


spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> 
> Certainly you can do the job yourself. 
> 
> Help advice is available here at a reasonable cost. ;-)   
> 
> "Kits" vary all over the place in terms of what they include; some 
> "complete" kits are not; some use generic parts of unknown quality. 
> 
> What are you going to replace? 
> 
> You may want to contact Bill Rolik in N.J. for a quote and list of what 
> his kits use; that is, his company puts together kits only using heavy 
> duty Spicer Professional Series front suspension parts. 
> 
> Or go to Rock Auto and price out the parts using Moog brand. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Gary H. 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
>   
> > 
> > 
> >I just got a quote for doing the front end w/shocks for $2000 and the 
> >rear w/o shocks (already replaced) for $1000 
> > 
> >As those who have met me know,  I'm not a mechanic, but not afraid to 
> >get my hands dirty. 
> > 
> >I found a rebuild kit for the front-end (at Kanter.com) for $236 
> >includes ball joints, bushings, etc 
> > 
> >so should I just leave my car parked until I can raise the money and 
> >have a pro do it? or is a front suspension rebuild doable for a guy with 
> > 
> >no experience? 


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