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Written by Matt   
Saturday, 22 August 2009 18:57

Ok, so next on the list for Breanna's car is some minor things. First up we need to find a set for torsion leaves for the front beam. The previous owner thought it would be a good idea to lower the car by removing some of the leaves from just one of the tubes. This is just a bad idea all the way around. Not only are the remaining leaves under much more stress, this also leaves less "meat" for the grub screws in the trailing arms to hold on to, and you don't really want to find out what happens if you were to lose one of the trailing arms while on the road.

After we're able to get ahold of some leaves, then we'll finish installing the rest of the suspension parts on the front end. Trailing arms, spindles, backing plates, brakes, and drums, steering box, and tie rods.

Moving to the rear of the car we'll be installing new spring plate bushings, and finish bolting up the spring plates. Tranny will be next on the list. We'll be installing new alxe boots, and some new gaskets for the nose cone. New tranny mounts will be in order, then into the car she will go. From there we'll finish up the rear braking system.

After all that we should have a roller on our hands! Cool