| [GMCnet] Manny's 1 ton kit arrived [message #135262] |
Tue, 19 July 2011 20:48  |
glwgmc
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Yesterday a big truck pulled up in front of our building and unloaded a beautifully constructed crate. Inside were all the components for the 1 ton front end swap. Everything was properly supported and secured. If only everything that gets shipped was so well packaged. Manny is the real deal. The old adage. "if you want something done give it to a busy man" has a new corollary, "if you want something done absolutely right, have Manny do it!"
I did one side this afternoon. About 3 to 4 hours. Now that I know what I am doing I would expect the other side to go a bit more quickly. Everything that was supposed to be hard proved not to be. The lower ball joint popped loose easily and the brake line fitting unscrewed just like it should. A couple of days of Kroil probably did not hurt. My torsion bar unloading tool has not yet arrived so I lowered the lower control arm all the way with a floor jack and that took enough of the pressure of to allow the adjustment bolt and nut to be removed without incident. I marked the orientation of the torsion bar to socket at both ends with paint and also marked the ride height setting the same way. Once the pivot bolts were removed from the lower control arm I could lever it out and wiggle it off of the torsion bar. The new one went back on the same way. A bit fussy to get the holes all aligned properly but it worked just fine. Once the bolts were back in place and tighten
ed, I had Sharon use a lever bar to force the A arm down even further which fully pulled the pork chop up into the frame and allowed me to insert the adjuster nut and bolt. Since nearly all the tension was removed, I could pull the adjuster bolt back to my original paint line where it started. A couple of floor jacks will safely lift the A arm and allow the shock to be reattached in the morning. I wanted a bit of time to paint the upper A arm with the same silver Hammerite paint used on the lower A arms, install the new ball joint after grinding and punching out the rivets, and installing the new bushings. That first side should be all back together early tomorrow. I will do the other side tomorrow as well.
Just about the time I am through the torsion bar unloading tool will arrive. I will use it to readjust the ride height if necessary. Then it will be for sale as I won't need it again. So far a relatively easy project and one that should take front end maintenance out of our future.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny's 1 ton kit arrived [message #135273 is a reply to message #135262] |
Tue, 19 July 2011 22:02  |
John Sharpe
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.....the torsion bar unloading tool will arrive. I will use it to readjust the ride height if necessary. Then it will be for sale as I won't need it again.......
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Jerry, probably should keep it if you plan on keeping your coach at he correct ride height. Ride height is like tire balance. Many times the torsion bars allow the coach to settle just like tires have to be rebalanced.
John Sharpe
Humble,TX
'78 Eleganza TBI
'89 Spectrum 2000 MPI V-10
'40 Ford Panel Delivery TPI
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny's 1 ton kit arrived [message #135291 is a reply to message #135262] |
Wed, 20 July 2011 06:49 |
Luvn737s
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| glwgmc wrote on Tue, 19 July 2011 18:48 |
Yesterday a big truck pulled up in front of our building and unloaded a beautifully constructed crate.
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One of the things I've never seen on the internet is a good description of how to build a solid crate. I had to crate a biplane a few years ago and, while it worked, it wasn't beautiful by any stretch.
Randy
1973 26' Painted Desert
Ahwatukee (Phoenix) AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Manny's 1 ton kit arrived [message #135300 is a reply to message #135291] |
Wed, 20 July 2011 07:29 |
Steven Ferguson
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That would be a job for Paul Levitt. The guy should be a packaging expert
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Randy <Acrosport2@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> glwgmc wrote on Tue, 19 July 2011 18:48
> > Yesterday a big truck pulled up in front of our building and unloaded a
> beautifully constructed crate.
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> One of the things I've never seen on the internet is a good description of
> how to build a solid crate. I had to crate a biplane a few years ago and,
> while it worked, it wasn't beautiful by any stretch.
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> Randy
> 1973 26' Painted Desert
> Ahwatukee (Phoenix) AZ
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> Please check out www.greatcommissionair.org and help support if possible
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