The Brick, 1972 Dodge Dart Custom

@Hemipar - yeah, well that is what we get when we own 40 year old cars :) - it's part of the love.

Had to use the grinder to cut the weld off the idler arm bolt. Grabbed my Torx head (T60) to break the bolt loose. Using a puller I grabbed from Poop Boyz - the small import one - and popped the idler arm out. Installed the new one, easy as pie.

I got one out, easy as pie. Used a cold chisel (by hand) to run a groove down one side and then pounded on it until it split.

Sweet Omnissiah, those outer bushing sleeves are a major ball buster. Tool the LCas to Poop Boyz and they popped the pivot pins out - for free I might add. Got the rubber bushing out with a screw driver and then set about getting the outer sleeves out.

Sweet Omnissiah, those outer bushing sleeves are a major ball buster. Using a chisel, by hand, I cut a groove down one side and was able to bend the sleeve inward until it popped free. The second one, OMFG - I beat on that thing for 2.5 hours. I chiseled the groove down one side, but that ***** refuses to come out. I ran out of daylight, so I will be back at it next weekend. Hopefully, I will be able to get it all buttoned back up again.

On a side note - today I had an epiphany. Literally a lightbulb went off. The whole time I was adjusting the UCAs, I was rotating the eccentrics to point outward and wondering why I could not get the wheels to stay straight up and down. DUH - I need to adjust them outward....That will be next weekend.

Sorry about the lack of pictures. Keep forgetting to take my camera.