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Big hammer and maybe a few bad words got mine out.

Not cheap enough but I just wasn’t sure how rare it was for shocks to leak. I have no clue what else would be leaking.

It sat in the garage the whole time. Now it’s got maybe 10 miles on it.

I’ve noticed this twice now with my car. The first time I had zero break fluid in the entire car but when I pushed it around the shop I noticed a very small leak. It didn’t have much of a smell to it and not much color. Well today my dad tells me that there is a leak in the same spot. He thought...

Spindles and knuckles are the same thing.

I just did this swap and this is 100% correct. My dart is a 73 so I used the same control arms and used the spindles and brakes off a 1980 volare. I had a major head ache dealing with this but inspect the spindles closely! One of mine was bent so after it was done and went to an alignment I...

Will do.

Cars done. Spindle was indeed bent. Pretty wild.

I’m not going to pretend to know much about alignments but right now mine is sitting at a frame shop for an alignment because one of the spindles was bent. Used parts so I don’t know what happened but that’s my .02.

He taking it off so I’ll see if he can snap a picture. My guess is it’s the top tab is bent down if it’s stuck at -2 but I’ll see.

I am. I talked to the owner today when I dropped off the new spindles and he said he knows it’s the spindle. He has been doing this for 40 years so at this point I’m just trusting him. I have only taken this car to one other shop in my 16 years of owning it so it’s difficult for me not to annoy...

Just showed up today. Thanks though.

Nevermind. Those seem to only effect caster.

I stopped by tonight and talked to one of their guys. He showed me the difference between the two sides. They cant get it any closer than -2 degrees on one side. These guys are all much older than my car and have been doing it for a long time and said everything else looks good. Would putting...

This is a shop that specializes in frame and suspension work. If you search the threads I’ve posted on here before about my car you will see their name come up from a few different members. Old school guys that know old cars well.

I have one on the way but if something happens I will let you know. Thanks for the offer.

I can’t at this point. The car is over at the shop where it was getting an alignment done . The guy working on it said it looked like someone ran it into a ditch and they could not get that side any better than negative 2 degrees. Other side is perfect.

Do the abody spindles need to be from a disc brake car or will they all work?

I have a 73 swinger that I converted to disc brakes. I used mostly F body parts besides the upper control arms. My drivers side spindle is bent so now I need a new one. Will I have to use an F body spindle? Here is a picture if that helps with anything.

I was going to take the car to Southside for the exhaust and Bethel frame for the alignment. If you think Southside can align the car then I recon I could just get it all knocked out there.

I’m not in any hurry so I can wait for Bethel. Thanks for the heads up on the Georgetown shop though.

This was my main project that kept me from The Dart. Luckily I got to tie into a neighbors but digging the holes ate up a weekend real quick.

Tire Discounters issued a full credit so at least they did that part right. I’ll be calling the local shop after the honeymoon and providing specs when I go.

It is what it is. Tonight I’m going back to Tire Discounters to talk this over with them. Then I head to my apartment to get another load of stuff over to the new house. Tomorrow I’m getting new glasses and more moving and laundry so I have cloths for the honeymoon. Wednesday I’ll be cutting the...

Unfortunately I don’t have an hour to give up. Getting married this weekend and I can’t spare an hour.

Yes I do. It’s a well known shop. I’m sure members on this forum are familiar with it and will vouch for their work.

Just called a shop this morning that is in the next town over. The place looks like a junkyard and it’s been open well over 30 years. It’s going to be a few weeks before they can look at it but that’s a good sign.

Trust me, I prefer to do things myself but I’m getting married in a week and bought my first home a few weeks ago. My life has been jammed pack with things more important than my Dart so I figured I would get it worked on while I do other task.

I can keep my cool. I am going to ask for a refund (maybe even partial). If I don’t get that then I’ll be making sure to leave an honest review of my experience and I’ll make sure folks I know won’t be going there then I’ll be on my way.

Im not professional so there is a chance I screwed something up but this isn’t my first front end rebuild. All parts were OEM stuff besides the moog parts.