Motoblag's '71 Duster
I sprung for the Firm Feel heavy duty strut rods.
You can see at the top how the new one is cut further back to let the lower control arm sit at proper depth.
Had to get a 15/16" deepwell and decided to take care of my lack of SAE wrenches at the same time:
LOOK AT ALL THAT BACK TOGETHER LOOK AT IT
Todo: final torquing of LCA pivot pin nut, strut rod nuts and upper balljoint, grease all them new zerks. Move on to other side and do it again!
Ride height is probably all mucked up, I need to re-clock the torsion bar.
And pull off the calipers to exchange them for rebuilt, shiny new ones. Shipped out the other day.
Finally got all the driver's side suspension off and Evaporusted. Currently getting paint, along with the driver's side bumper supports.
Brake hardware, wheel bearings, etc...
New bushings pressed in the driver's side upper control arm:
As you can see there's also new shocks waiting to be installed.
I also volunteered my garage to help a buddy swap motors in his SV650. The story about fragging the current motor was something about being at Burning Man and it exploding, showering his legs and feet with oil. Makes for a cozy garage.
I sprung for the Firm Feel heavy duty strut rods.
You can see at the top how the new one is cut further back to let the lower control arm sit at proper depth.
Had to get a 15/16" deepwell and decided to take care of my lack of SAE wrenches at the same time:
LOOK AT ALL THAT BACK TOGETHER LOOK AT IT
Todo: final torquing of LCA pivot pin nut, strut rod nuts and upper balljoint, grease all them new zerks. Move on to other side and do it again!
Ride height is probably all mucked up, I need to re-clock the torsion bar.
And pull off the calipers to exchange them for rebuilt, shiny new ones. Shipped out the other day.
Finally got all the driver's side suspension off and Evaporusted. Currently getting paint, along with the driver's side bumper supports.
Brake hardware, wheel bearings, etc...
New bushings pressed in the driver's side upper control arm:
As you can see there's also new shocks waiting to be installed.
I also volunteered my garage to help a buddy swap motors in his SV650. The story about fragging the current motor was something about being at Burning Man and it exploding, showering his legs and feet with oil. Makes for a cozy garage.
