Front End Rebuild - my first rodeo
Well guys, I've been back at it.
After thinking about it and doing some research, I discovered that it would be COMPLETELY obvious if the torsion bars were installed incorrectly or clocked wrong. When I installed these, the LCA had to be lowered a hair to get the hex lined up. It would have been impossible to move to the next lower position on the hex. Similarly, in order to clock these incorrectly the other way and move to the next hex side, the LCA would be so high to line up the hex side. I doubt you would be able to install the knuckle and UCA.
Using a floor jack again, thanks @RustyRatRod, I loosened nuts more, adjusted the UCA cam bolts, and the bump stop bolted up. Most importantly, I learned how the suspension behaves as it goes together and how it looks. After all, this is my first complete front end rebuild. I'm still figuring out how the adjustments effect alignment, etc. I'm just getting this close so I can drive it to the shop for alignment.
The only bolts I've torqued are the lower ball joint to knuckle and K frame bolts, I'm waiting on calipers, and I need to torque the nuts and greasing all joints.
I'm wondering which end of the strut rod should I tighten first?
Here are a couple pics!
Still more work to be done. Thanks for reading!
Well guys, I've been back at it.
After thinking about it and doing some research, I discovered that it would be COMPLETELY obvious if the torsion bars were installed incorrectly or clocked wrong. When I installed these, the LCA had to be lowered a hair to get the hex lined up. It would have been impossible to move to the next lower position on the hex. Similarly, in order to clock these incorrectly the other way and move to the next hex side, the LCA would be so high to line up the hex side. I doubt you would be able to install the knuckle and UCA.
Using a floor jack again, thanks @RustyRatRod, I loosened nuts more, adjusted the UCA cam bolts, and the bump stop bolted up. Most importantly, I learned how the suspension behaves as it goes together and how it looks. After all, this is my first complete front end rebuild. I'm still figuring out how the adjustments effect alignment, etc. I'm just getting this close so I can drive it to the shop for alignment.
The only bolts I've torqued are the lower ball joint to knuckle and K frame bolts, I'm waiting on calipers, and I need to torque the nuts and greasing all joints.
I'm wondering which end of the strut rod should I tighten first?
Here are a couple pics!
Still more work to be done. Thanks for reading!