MuuMuu101's 68 Dart, A Learning Process...

Well, I got a lot of work done today. Went to the shop at school and removed my bearing races in my wheel hubs with a punch and hammer. Then I pressed in my new NAPA bearings with a dimple die that was a touch smaller than the bearing races (so that worked out nicely). After that I went home and started packing my wheel bearings to go on the car. In the middle of all that I found out I already had Timken races on hand so now I have backups. :banghead: I'm just really hoping I installed everything correctly and nothing breaks or explodes on me when I take its maiden voyage (or soon after).

After bearings went on, it came to installing the hubs and calipers. It all looks pretty nice under there. The passenger side caliper mount and bolts were a big PIA though. I had to really force one bolt in so I really hope I didn't cross thread it. Besides that, the process wasn't as difficult as I thought.

I think one more good Saturday and the car should be good to go. I just need a friend who can help me weld and patch my firewall as well as bend new brake lines so I can install the master cylinder... I'm so close, yet so far. :sad5:

I guess you could call today a milestone. Today is the first time the car has been on all 4's in a long while. I'm kind of liking the patina look it's got going on. Nothing like saggy springs to give you a lowered ride and some tall white walls. Looks like the rear tires weren't too happy being under load for so long. I should go to some 17" wheels and tires soon to fix that (granted the car is running reliably). Idk, we'll see how things go. Car may be running sooner than I'd thought. :D