Suspension Reassembly, Part II
Today we finished putting all of the front suspension together. I’m very happy with the way that things have turned out. It looks very schmick, with all of the components painted black. Once we got her on four wheels again, we were shocked at how stiff the front suspension was now. I hope that it isn’t too stiff. I had to stand on the cross member before we could bounce the car! I suppose that the engine is not in either, so once the extra weight is in the car, things should be right.
Unfortunately, the rear shockers are not available in Australia (from KYB). I will have to place an order with someone from the US and get them to ship them over here. Looks like work on the back-end will come to a bit of a grind.
Once work was done on the suspension, I got to finishing off getting the brake and fuel lines off the car. There were only a couple more bolts that had to be taken off and everything would be out. It was a little tricky to get the lines that went from the front of the car to the back, but we got there in the end. The only thing that we snagged on was getting the brake lines off at the rear wheels. The nuts would just not give an inch and they started to strip. We decided that a bit of “gentle” heat was required. Once heated, and the rubber hoses popping, the nuts came off. We will have to get those lines replace as the nuts were damaged to badly.
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- Front strut tower back together.