Recent content by michiganpat

looks great, I like the deeper dish, but that doesn't allow tire rotation front to rear...a 3" wider rear end would take care of that....XJ 8 1/4" rears are 3" wider....

pretty much. 4L definitely, 3L can be a little more iffy.

also look at ford Rangers. you lose the disc brakes, but they're 58.5" wide vs. 59.625. or if you find a pre 93 ranger, they're 56.5" wide, but I think only available as a 7.5" rear, not an 8.8.

I just did a disc brake conversion over the winter, so I'm offering the 10x2.5" front drum setup from my 1976 duster. spindles use the later big ball joint and upper control arms. 5x4" bolt pattern. Drums are in excellent shape, as are the shoes, everything worked very well when removed. I...

I need to stop assuming you can find anything on the internet.....I stopped at the oldest parts store in town (been in business for 101 years, they don't have a website), and they had 2 new 16" anco refills amongst all their misc wipers, so I bought them both...1 set is now on the car, the other...

thanks, when I looked on rockauto per vehicles, I only saw the full wiper arms when searching A bodies.....

anyone know of a source for wiper blade refills for the factory arms? my wiper blades are shot, and I don't really want to put aftermarket black blade assemblies on my car, since my silver blades are still in great shape, the rubber is just toast. is this the only source? it looks like they...

I'd say something along the lines of a comp XE256 as far as .050 duration and lift.....

maybe a little bit of both. just stating that the perch issue isn't an issue since a B body rear has them in the wrong spot and they'd need to be moved, unless you moved the front spring mount outboard and used offset shackles in the back..... missed earlier that you said '68-69, so it should...

just be warned...the shock mounts were not designed to carry vehicle weight, only transient damping loads. when we bought my duster when I was 16 in 1991, the car had air shocks on it and both shock mounts were ripped out of the floorpan. it only had 50000 miles on it. your mileage may vary...

to fit in an A body, the spring perches need to be cut off and relocated to 43" on center anyway. What is the wheel mount (drum face) to wheel mount (drum face) measurement? what are the brake size? 10x2.5? 10x1.75? 11"?

It does drive and track very nice now. I know if I back the bars off to get the front down to where it was before bringing it in, it's going to affect the alignment. I'm guessing it will increase negative camber a skoash, which would in turn cause the toe to go to more toe-out? How would it...

when I assembled my suspension and did the initital setup, I had put the UCA's in a position for max caster (my moog offset bushings installed for max caster, and then the front adjuster all the way out, rear adjuster all the way in) welp, got the car aligned yesterday, I gave the tech the...

I hate that everyone talks about and looks at backspace. offset is what is really important, it's measured from the center plane of the wheel. rim width is bead seat to bead seat, not outside edge to outside edge. generally, the outside edge to outside edge measurement is 1" wider than the...

think I'm going to cut/reprofile the moog ones to keep the basic shape, but gain another half inch of clearance this weekend.....