[FC] front bushings

[Jim Davis]

Totally agree.  Start a day early and use rust penetrate on the four 
nuts that hold the front cross member into position and the brake line 
fittings.  Use 1/2" all thread rod and suitable adapters, in place of 
the shocks, to take the tension off the "A" arms while you take the 
spindles off the ball joints.   Air tools make the disassemble much 
easier.   Plan on using a quart of POR-15 to secure the rust and $250 on 
ball joints and bushings.  You might check the hidden sequence number 
(under the left side cross member on the left frame rail) with the door 
plate to make sure they match.  Mine didn't.
Jim Davis

On 7/5/2013 11:51 AM, wern3 at juno.com wrote:
> GregI bought a set of bushings & it took all of amonth to get one of them  replaced. I made the mistake of trying to do this on the truck. If I were to repoen the project I would remove the whole front suspension assy. from the body and then work on it "on the bench" as it were. Too much rust on my old Buckeye truck.Tim W '61 Rampy