Suspension Reassembly, Part I
Today I had a few spare hours to work on the car. We started out by putting the shockers into the struts, compressing the springs, putting on the rubber boots and putting the strut tower (what I call it) all together. I put a little oil inside the strut casing to try to help slow down any rusting as well, but I am hoping that the rubber boot will stop a lot of water and muck from getting in there.
With the towers together again, we put them in place and I started on getting the steering rack in place. I went to put on the new mounting bushes, but one of them was to wide and would not fit into the slot, no matter what I tried. I resorted to putting the old ones back one (they were pretty good still anyway). With the steering rack in place I started to get the other parts on.
When I was putting on the track control arm, I found that the diagram in the books called for self-locking nuts. The nuts that had been used were not self-locking, and there were no spring washers either. I went for a drive to see if I could get some spring washers, but the fastener place was shut. I put the track control arm in place and will have to get the spring washer later.
As I only had a few spare hours, I only got the passenger side track control arm on and was just about to get the radius arm on when I had to pack it in for the day. Next time, I should get it back on four wheels again. Hopefully before the New Year, like I had hoped.
I hope you all had a good Christmas and that the New Year is a fun and adventurous one. Cheers.