Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread
This wont be much of an update. There is nothing exciting, unlike shinny new performance parts, about scraping rust and dirt off suspension parts in prep for paint. But in the interest of keeping the thread alive here is the latest: Pic 1 Upper A arms removed, de-gunked and wire wheeled back to bare steel. I will try to blast these before painting as there are places that you just can't get to any other way. I made my own bushing puller which worked ok but I'm borrowing my friends tool set to press them back in and change out the ball joints so until I can get a hold of them progress is at a stand still on this phase of the project. Pic 2 Moog upper ball joints and K7103 offset bushings. Pic 3 Horrible blurry pic of the offset in these bushings. The arrow points away from the offset. By different combinations of the bushings you can get more camber or caster than stock bushings offer. In a handling application we're shooting for more positive caster for higher speed stability in the steering. Pic 4 These installation instructions have been posted all over the web but for those who haven't seen this before here it is again: