| Re: Planning next project |
Subject: Re: Planning next project by hcbph on 2016/12/5 11:47:30 Spent some time on the car last weekend. I needed something to do, lost my Mom the day before Thanksgiving and needed something to think of other than her passing after the funeral. I found I had some play in the passenger rear tire hub when shook it at 6 + 12. I tightened the spindle nut up to 200'pounds and seemed tight, but didn't trust it. Decided to start this project early. Replace the hub, trailing arms with those from the Banskee kit and new poly bushing on the spring to hub bolts and sway bar. I'll do the rest of the Banskee kit later but not at this time. I tore it down and put on a new hub and the Banskee trailing arms. Of course, when we got back from the funeral, I somewhere misplaced the bag with my metric wrenches so I ended up having to buy some new ones. I got those pieces put on but it was a bit of a bear doing it on jackstands. Took alot more time than planned but that was OK, less to think about. I did try the measuring the trailing arm lengths as noted but came up with (I think) a slightly better idea on how to get the new ones the right length. I took the old arms and slipped the right bolts in and then slid the replacements onto the bolts. When the bolts were parallel and no extra pressure on the bolts slipping the Banskee arms on and off, they were the same length as the originals. Far as I could tell, they're exactly the same length and went on easily. The old bushings had been previously replaced and boy did they tighten the bolts down (alot more than spec I suspect). Had snow here yesterday, so did not take it out post job, but plan to do that soon to check and insure it's all good. I did have a different type seal on the replacement hub and no instructions but think I have it all together correctly. |
