Cascade Crew

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 5:17 pm Post subject: Getting to work on a F-Body

Dad's rig was in dire need of front end work. All bushings were split or missing all together - Control arms, sway bars, ball joints etc. Thing clunked when you hit the brakes from the sway bar whacking the frame even. Ripped it all off and found something I'd never seen before!

Behold! The bent spring!

Think some Summit progressive springs, some Moog chassis components, and if $ allows a nice new front sway bar set.

chevymad · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 5:21 pm Post subject:

Wow. Does it look heated or played with?

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject:

Nope. Just kinked. So weird.

iansane · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 8:32 pm Post subject:

Wow. That's impressive. Did it sag or anything on one side?

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 8:53 pm Post subject:

No sagging or anything just clunk and some wander steer.

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject:

It's not really shorter, just bent-er. Laughing

If it wasn't torched it was probably just a bad part off the line and it failed sometime in the past forty years of service.

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 9:02 pm Post subject:

Wow. Johnny is in for a real treat when you are done with that!

-Schultzy

91RSVert · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 4:36 am Post subject:

My 1ton had something like that on the right. Made it sag in that cornor.

chevymad · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject:

If he needs any stock parts I have some left over pieces, though not many.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 7:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks. All the hard parts are fine (spindles, arms, etc)

I'm going to get to cleaning them up this week.

chevymad · Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 9:14 am Post subject:

I just remembered, there's been an ad on craigs for some performance fbody suspension parts. Ad has been on there for months and months.. price is out of my range, but he has new springs front and rear, sway bars, steering components etc.. Hotchkis brand.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/pts/2982396870.html

Twilightoptics · Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 10:24 am Post subject:

Wow he's rather over priced!

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 2:03 pm Post subject:

Upper ball joint appear to be riveted in? Never seen this before. Do the new ones just come with bolts?

chevymad · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 4:22 pm Post subject:

Yes, all factory uppers are riveted. Replacements have bolts. Sucks for a matching resto.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject:

IMHO that shouldn't matter for a resto. Anyway, with a 5 speed, there's nothing "resto" about this car. :O)

Time to get out the grinder. At least that's two less things to press in.

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:31 pm Post subject:

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:37 am Post subject:

chevymad · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:07 am Post subject:

91RSVert · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:12 pm Post subject:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject:

Guess I don't remember, or have some how never gotten to factory ball joints!