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I got the speaker wires spliced into the new harness after making dinner and ammo.
The whole radio thing was going to wait for more important things, however the company I work for did a gift card thing for being here 35 years and the choices were Bath n Booty works, American Eagle Aerie (60 dollar ladies drawers), or Crutchfield. So, 3 Crutchfield gift cards and a little more later, I got the retro sound with all the goodies.
Since it has rained every day here, I started on it.
Wait one sec, what color wire is used for the radio? My corvette came with no radio and some wires are cut.
I started working on all the bushings, control arma, tie rods and ends, ball joints. Decided to revamp the entire front suspension.
So after disassembly:
I redid the brake caliper pistons and seals
Then I moved to lower control arms. I have burned the bushings out and then used dull chisel and hammer to break and extract the sleeves.
Since I don’t own a press and I am not interested in buying one for a one time job I bought this mammoth c clamp
and modified it by cutting a groove in the end ring to be able to fit it over the control arm shaft.
Then I washed everything. My kid’s old tub served a purpose here.
And then I have sanded and repainted everything. I pressed the bushings in with my new diy tool and installed a new ball joint.
Replaced all the urethane bushings in the rear suspension with OE style. Still need to bleed the brakes.
So, what caused you to replace the urethane bushings with rubber? I currently have urethane bushings everywhere! I'm thinking that I might start putting them back to stock bushings too. The car is noisy and the steering is twitchy.
The urethane became brittle and started to crumble. I was going to get an alignment and started doing some checking and noticed how loose they were and then the crumbling.
I currently have urethane bushings everywhere! I'm thinking that I might start putting them back to stock bushings too. The car is noisy and the steering is twitchy.
John
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You have the PERFECT reason to switch to rubber.. " I have urethane bushings everywhere! ".....
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Attached the smart strut bracket and mounts for the offset rear sway bar. Feels good to be putting shiny new parts on the car rather than dealing with dirty, greasy, old stuff.
But I guess I can’t get away from the stuff though, because I took the front hubs apart to begin the rebuild. The bearings look good, not sure if they’ve been serviced in the last 48 years or 73,000 miles, but the grease sure smells like they haven’t.
The rest of the front spindle looks good and will be getting a thorough cleaning and coat of paint. There’s nothing wrong with the front dust shields, but since the rear ones will be new I might get some new ones if the price is right.
Can’t wait to drive the car again though. I had the side pipes off to install riv nuts in the rocker panel holes. Engine sounds good straight piped.
On the topic of riv nuts though. I drilled the holes out just large enough to get the insert through up to the lip. When I tried to rivet it down it doesn’t want to bite into the base material, almost like the base material is too thick. Is there something I’m doing wrong? It’s a Doyle tool from Harbor Freight and I’m using the 10-24 inserts.
05-26-2024, 03:30 PM
