My Duster Adventures
Well, since I worked all day on my birthday last week, I decided to take off today and spend all day working on the Duster. And it was a success!! First off, I put the front wheels back on, lowered the car (all the way down. No torsion bars. Lol) then rolled it outside to prepare to drop the engine, trans and suspension.
I reeeaaallly wish it was easier to install air-ride on these cars! I’d love to be able to slam the car this low when parked!
I wish I’d taken a measurement of what the original ride height was before I pulled the torsion bars and also without the torsion bars. But I didn’t measure it either way.
Anyway, next, I dropped the k-member and trans crossmember onto a moving dolly, undid some bolts and lifted the car off the suspension.
I then washed the engine bay and interior out some, pushed the shell back in garage and started mocking up the HDK stuff. I don’t have a 3/8 or 1/2” drill bit on hand, so I just installed the k-member and rack and also reassembled the upper and lower control arms so those are ready to install tomorrow. First thing tomorrow though, I plan to roll the shell back out again and hook up the ole power washer and wash out the wheel wells real good and freshen up the paint in there before I go ahead and install the suspension. With any luck, I MIGHT just have it sitting on all fours again tomorrow night or sometime Sunday. We’ll see!
Well, since I worked all day on my birthday last week, I decided to take off today and spend all day working on the Duster. And it was a success!! First off, I put the front wheels back on, lowered the car (all the way down. No torsion bars. Lol) then rolled it outside to prepare to drop the engine, trans and suspension.
I reeeaaallly wish it was easier to install air-ride on these cars! I’d love to be able to slam the car this low when parked!
I wish I’d taken a measurement of what the original ride height was before I pulled the torsion bars and also without the torsion bars. But I didn’t measure it either way.
Anyway, next, I dropped the k-member and trans crossmember onto a moving dolly, undid some bolts and lifted the car off the suspension.
I then washed the engine bay and interior out some, pushed the shell back in garage and started mocking up the HDK stuff. I don’t have a 3/8 or 1/2” drill bit on hand, so I just installed the k-member and rack and also reassembled the upper and lower control arms so those are ready to install tomorrow. First thing tomorrow though, I plan to roll the shell back out again and hook up the ole power washer and wash out the wheel wells real good and freshen up the paint in there before I go ahead and install the suspension. With any luck, I MIGHT just have it sitting on all fours again tomorrow night or sometime Sunday. We’ll see!