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bkrathwohl
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- Nov 9, 2008
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Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan
I was able to borrow a set of wheels from one of my good friends last night.
So I started assembly of everything that was left in the rear. I hooked up the ebrake cables, I wish I would have thought to take the brackets off and get them sandblasted/painted. Not that anyone will ever see them.
Surprisingly the wheels look pretty good! Ill need to return them once I get it turned around and clean out the garage a bit this evening, but at least that will let me get started on the front.
Here it is sitting on the ground, it seems a bit high still. Mind you the springs haven't had time to set, but I assume this is why people cut off coils. I will probably end up leaving it because I don't like the idea of cutting coils.
I was able to tighten the lower control arm (75 ft·lb), upper control arm (110 ft·lb), and trailing arm to subframe (110 ft·lb). Kind of a pain in the ass to get the trailing arms tight, with some motivation you can get a torque wrench on with the sway bar installed.
I tried tightening the ball joints but they just spun, even with the car sitting on the ground. I will need to revisit those later, but for now its fine.
Hopefully tonight I can get some pictures of the front disassembly. I'd like to get the front suspension, control arms, subframe out.
So I started assembly of everything that was left in the rear. I hooked up the ebrake cables, I wish I would have thought to take the brackets off and get them sandblasted/painted. Not that anyone will ever see them.
Surprisingly the wheels look pretty good! Ill need to return them once I get it turned around and clean out the garage a bit this evening, but at least that will let me get started on the front.
Here it is sitting on the ground, it seems a bit high still. Mind you the springs haven't had time to set, but I assume this is why people cut off coils. I will probably end up leaving it because I don't like the idea of cutting coils.
I was able to tighten the lower control arm (75 ft·lb), upper control arm (110 ft·lb), and trailing arm to subframe (110 ft·lb). Kind of a pain in the ass to get the trailing arms tight, with some motivation you can get a torque wrench on with the sway bar installed.
I tried tightening the ball joints but they just spun, even with the car sitting on the ground. I will need to revisit those later, but for now its fine.
Hopefully tonight I can get some pictures of the front disassembly. I'd like to get the front suspension, control arms, subframe out.