1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto

A little more progress.

Didn't have a lot of time today but what I got done was good. I removed the lower control arm without any issues at all. Came out easily. (have I said before I love Arizona cars? lol). Pressed out the pin and removed the rubber. I tried the welded washer trick to remove the remaining cup but had no luck. Actually tore the washer at the welds. I decided to take my deburring tool and using my drill cut most of the way through the cup and then I was able to collapse the cup and it came out easy.

As for the pin I just cut most of the way through the sleeve and used my chisel in the groove to break it open and slide it off. Pretty easy actually.

As for the strut rod? Success!! Once I got the LCA out I wrapped the rod in a rag and put it in my vise. I then tried to loosen a little. It moved a little. Then I tried to tighten it and it tightened fine. Then it spun right off with no issues. It must have picked up some dirt and got stuck. No damaged threads at all and now I can spin it on and off by hand. Odd, but I'm not complaining.

Waiting on the remainder of the parts to arrive now.

One minor issue while removing the lower control arm. As soon as I tapped it the lower bump stop went flying. THe rubber was hard and it separated from the bolt. No biggie. I went looking to order new but only ones I could find were polyurethane. I did find some rubber ones for a later dart by Moog that look correct. I also noted that the poly ones fit up to 1976. Were they the same for all years? Just hoping to confirm. Already ordered so it may be a moot point as I'll find out tomorrow one way or another.

Unfortunately, most of the remaining parts won't arrive until later tomorrow so it will be Friday before I can get it all put back together. Only thing I may not get is the Idler arm. Hopefully it'll be her sooner than later.