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01-13-2014, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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Front wishbone install help
I need some help in this area. I have a Model B that as had some modifications done to the center K member. When I go to install the wishbone ball, I have to pry/move/push the assembly to get the ball into the correct position.
Do I need to loosen the front spring clamps to install the ball? The suspension is all stock 32. Should the ball merely go directly into the ball recess? Thanks for any assistance Jim |
01-13-2014, 12:34 PM | #2 |
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Re: Front wishbone install help
That's usually what I have to do on my A.
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01-13-2014, 03:18 PM | #3 |
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Re: Front wishbone install help
My Model A also takes a bit of prying, but I haven't worked on a Model B wishbone or frame.
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01-13-2014, 03:33 PM | #4 |
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Re: Front wishbone install help
The untethered spring moves straight up and down. The wishbone moves in a radius that is only tangent when the spring is compressed to standing curb height. Unless you're shimmied under the car with no jackstands and the spring is compressed some persuasion from a 2x4, pry bar, or bar clamp is generally needed. If you have the car lifted by the frame a little boost of the front axle by a helper with a floor jack under the center of it usually does the trick. Be careful under there.
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01-14-2014, 12:04 AM | #5 |
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Re: Front wishbone install help
Thanks everyone. I wasn't sure how much fiddling I should have to do. I really thought that it should kinda just fall into place. Oh well
Jim |
01-14-2014, 09:12 AM | #6 |
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01-14-2014, 09:42 AM | #7 |
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Re: Front wishbone install help
Bill, Put it together now. Frames were assembled complete before they met the body on the line. If you watch old films, plenty of pry bars were used in various stages of the assembly.
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01-14-2014, 10:35 AM | #8 |
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Re: Front wishbone install help
I grease the socket well before installing the ball.
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01-14-2014, 06:59 PM | #9 |
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Re: Front wishbone install help
MikeK, I put it together. Front wish bone is in place and rear clam shell around the universal went together too.
I greased the ball well and the universal too. Thanks Bill G |
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