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I did the same mod on my 67 valiant steering column. One thing I did different was I used the wiring harness from the indicator light to power the indicator for my B&M hammer shifter by lengthening the wires. Now I need to do the same mod on my 68 column but this time I will be doing the ER16...

I've repaired a broken one once by grinding cutting and grinding then welded in a 5/8" allen headed shoulder bolt at work. Not too bad if you have the tools.

I had a brand new pair if Gabriel air shocks when I bought the valiant. They blew there tops after 5 miles at 40 psi. I sent them back and ordered S/S springs.

I drilled my front hanger as well. It sat a little high in the back so I installed the 1" drop front hanger and they are already drilled to 5/8" and have 2 positions. Some say that the s/s springs ride rough, compaired to my worn out stock ones they feel fine.

From experience don't buy cheap mag lug nuts from the local auto parts store. I bought a set and when I went to torque them to spec they snapped the head off a few. After inspecting the broken ones they where cheap casted with a helicoil insert. After that I bought good quality ones from a...

Hellwig all the way! Great fit and easy install. I have the 1 1/8 in the front with homemade sub frame connectors on my 68 valiant and it handles really well. When the 8 3/4 goes in I will be installing hellwigs 3/4" rear sway bar.

[QUOiverwade2;1969916038]I noticed my ball joint was a bit loose when I pressed it in so I put four stitch welds around it and it has held up for 50k?? I am a tig welder and fabricator for a living and if this is done right there is nothing wrong with it. You can even grind out the old welds if...

I did the three tack welds for the added insurance and piece of mind.

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X2 This is how my setup will be when Im done. So far ive got XHD springs, hellwig front 1 1/8" sway bar and sub frame connectors with the same alignment specs.

i have an extra set of upper control arm bolts if your looking for a set

That's how I was told to set mine up from the guy I bought them from and I got the car to sit about .25 of an inch. Think about the twisting motion of your car and torsion bars are a form of spring. You increase the tension in one corner it twists the car a bit. At least that how it was...

Hmm when I installed my ss 002/003 springs I was told to adjust the tortion bars to adjust the rear height to level it so that plants the right rear tire for better traction. Is this not correct?

I've found clp to be better than wd40 and pb but that's my opinion.

I was thinking 1" tortion bars Max for my setup and Ive heard a lot about the tail happy effect when adding too large of a rear sway bar. So my plan is to do the larger t bars, frame connectors, and front 1.125 front sway bar then see how it rides and go from there.

I read in another post that the hellwig rear is a 3 way adjustable 3/4" to match the 1 1/8" front.

Since I have the hellwig 1 1/8" front on order isn't there rear 7/8". Would that be the "matched set"?

Okay so I've been working on my 68 valiant. Upgraded the front to bbp disc brakes, 2800 lbs ss rear springs, I plan to add sub frame connecters, and the hellwig 55906 front sway bar after the front is realigned. The car will be 99% street driven so will a hellwig rear sway bar make a big...

if you cant find the uca there is a sleeve kit on ebay for the smaller ball joint to disc brake spindle for around $50. but i recomend going to the bigger ball joint.

he is a pic of the one i changed on my 68 valiant. ordered from rockauto. they had the exact part.

My 2800 lbs ss springs are pretty stiff but smoother than the air shocks I had on it. There not to bad.

Got my new perches welded on tonight. I might be off 1 deg.

Thanks that's load off my mind. I'm going to try to cut and weld my perches tonight at work.

Got the brakes and back plates all cleaned, painted, and rebuilt. Nice working in a heated shop with tools (took them to work on my day off). The old 11" shoes had pentastars on them.

Shock plates were long gone. Got a pair off ebay today for $65 free shipping. Got the rear all torn down and cleaned today. No Lincoln locker... A true 1970 limited slip. Axle seals still have pentastars and no rtv on the pumpkin. I'm guessing It's never been open or has been dealer serviced. I...

Now to clean it all up and order new 3.73-3.91 gears along with shock plates. also i need to look into a rear set of rallyes with more back spacing. got two 6" wide right now and a co worker is going to sand blast them for $25 and another co worker what will powder coat them for the cost of...

I think I did good today. 1970 b body rear end from drum to drum with a 489 pig 2.91 gears with limited slip for $100 and a body disc brakes from a 74 scamp with prop valve for $100.

I drilled mine out and used shoulder bolts from my work. worked really well and easy to do.

Okay so a friend of mine has a 69 dart with power steering and wants to replace it with manual steering and I was wanting to know if the column and box from my 67 valiant will work? I know that the 67 has a one year only idler arm but not sure if the pitman arms are different or if the steering...