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All of the original suspension pieces were removed
for sandblasting.
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Bagged and tagged... the
now sandblasted front supsension items are ready to ship to Totally Auto for powdercoating.
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I
received my powdercoated parts back from Totally Auto. WOW, they look great!
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You can't tell in this photo,
but the K-Frame was completely rewelded... everything, especially the lower control arm tubes.
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The
K-Frame. Sadly enough, I ended up having to cut out a notch on the passenger side to clear the Milodon 7 Qt. oil pan.
It's not shown in this image however.
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The upper control arms, caliper brackets and backing plates.
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The spindles and lower control arms. If you look close,
you'll see that the spindles were polished before powdercoating.
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Here are the strut rods, drag link, anti-sway bar and new torsion
bars.
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I built the spindle assemblies on the workbench before installing
on the car.
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Here is a side view of the K-Frame bolted in.
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#56101R Lower control
arm bump stops - Red #95164G Greaseable 1 1/8" swaybar
bushings - Black #98120G End link grommet set - Black #57109G Strut rod bushing set - Black
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I used Plast-Kote Hi-Temp Cast
Iron Gray #HP-17 on the rotors, idler arm and pitman arm. A buddy said to leave the overspray on the actual machined
surface of the rotors to protect them from rust until it was ready for the road, so I did.
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I'm swapping from
power steering to manual. Totally Auto found, rebuilt and painted / plated
the manual steering gear. I had to use a different pitman arm, but they found that for me too. They also
supplied the adaptor to bridge the gap left on the steering column shaft.
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Here is an image of the way over-priced adapter needed to swap
from power steering to manual. You'd think this thing was made out of gold!
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The steering gear is bolted in.
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This is the rebuild kit for the manual steering coupler.
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Well, as it turns out, the pitman arm that Totally
Auto didn't work, so I picked upa new one from the local Advance Auto Parts store. The new pitman arm and it looks to be the right one! It was the Moog #18759 and cost about $53.00. I ended
up removing the idler arm to repaint it the same color as the pitman arm.
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The calipers are factory items.
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Mopar
Performance Aluminum Master Cylinder & Adapter. Mancini Adjustable Push Rod #MRE316.
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YearOne part
numbers for the "Front to Rear" set is #QRA24, the "Front Disc Brake" set is #QRA22 and the "8 1/4" - 8 3/4" Rear Axle" set is #QRA19.
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Hurst #174-5000 Roll Control and Wilwood #260-2220 Proportioning Valve.
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To
round out the rear, I'm using a Wilwood 140-2279 Pro Street Dana 60 Rear Disc Brake
kit.
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