| [GMCnet] Progress on the 1 ton front end [message #135515] |
Thu, 21 July 2011 21:18  |
glwgmc
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Registered: June 2004
Karma:
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Hi all,
Yesterday was a slow day as the gallery was very busy. Lots of nice things went out the door. Sharon is in panic mode as the gallery is getting a little sparse so I need to get in the studio and build more........
The 1 ton front end project is progressing nicely. The passenger side is complete. Now that I know what I am doing, the drivers side went much faster. All is out today, the bushings in the upper A arm are now removed and installed and that unit is painted (Hammerite red) and will go in tomorrow morning. I fought with the ball joint on the passenger side this morning the nut was too shallow to engage the castleated nut so I put on the one off of the old lower ball joint. Big mistake. It may be a different thread or just gowed up. Anyway, it caused the lower ball joint tapered shaft to rotate instead of seating properly. It took some work with locking pliers to get it back off and the new nut with a thick washer in place. That seated the shaft properly and pulled down to the required torque setting. The hole aligned properly and a new cotter pin is in place.
After fiddling with one upper A arm I finally found the right combination of tools to press out the old worn out bushings and press in the new. The second side took only a half an hour to do. The first side consumed much of my sparse free time yesterday. Painting the thing and waiting for it to dry took longer than actually doing all the bushing stuff. All will be back in and ready for alignment by noon tomorrow....if the customers don't flood into the gallery the way they have yesterday and today.
For planning purposes, think in terms of one full day on the first side as you learn. The other side will take 4 or so hours once you get smart enough to do it right. I was able to do both sides without the torsion bar unloader tool. It came today and will be handy for perfecting ride height. More tomorrow.
Jerry
PS - a new web site is in final edit. Stay tuned.....
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building in historic Kerby, OR
Visitors always welcome!
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
541-592-5360
Founder of the Southern Oregon Guild
www.southernoregonguild.org
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www.siskiyouguild.org
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