duster bushings question

beerboy said
yea i bought the car 2 years ago or so, and never really looked at the rubber on the front suspenson stuff. guy was a mopar dealer mechanic that owned the car for 30 years and restored it to near mint condition. i have not driven the car on the expressway alot, but during a recent return from a cruise night got on an interstate and noticed the car seemed to wander some and did not feel tight, a bit of a shake over 55--- so alignment may need attention i know i should start out at the top as in wheel balance and alignment. and work from there tires are brand new on new cragar ss. just trying to not to get jacked by a shop telling me stuff thats not really wrong.

Do wheel balance first, then shocks, then bushings, then alignment.

Balancing the tires will give you a bit more indication of the shocks condition, and if you can do it replace them anyway if they look older.
Even a balanced tire will bounce if the shock is bad.

You can sort of test shocks buy pushing down hard on the front end an see how it acts after it comes back up (it should return and stop immediately) with zero movement after it returns.
Of course there are two of them in the front of the car so it's harder to tell if just one is bad.
(the tire should show that with cupping of the tread surface if it's bouncing at speed)