Monday, July 5,
2004
- Had the day off today, so while my wife went shopping for
diapers for our newborn son, I headed down to the shop for a few hours.
I wanted to get the Dana 60 installed this afternoon...and it was a
successful afternoon.
I reassembled the two
rear spring packs and installed the PST polygraphite suspension
bushings. I was impressed over the quality and fit of these
bushings...everything was included and fit as it was supposed to. I then
reinstalled the spring packs onto the rearend and torqued down the
U-bolts. Upon installing the rearend, I found that I had to loosen the
U-bolts a bit, to allow everything to center itself. Once everything was
installed, I was able to re-torque the U-bolts. I also left the main
shackle bolts finger-tight, since I can't torque these down until all
the normal weight from the body will let the suspension settle down to
it's normal driving height. If I were to torque them down now, it's
possible it could adversely affect the suspension travel, due to the
bushings binding up.
Here is a few shots of
the installed rearend:
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Fig. 1 - Here's a shot
of the PST polygraphite bushing kit for the Flex-o-matic rear springs,
including all bushings, inserts and bushing lube.
Fig. 2 - Here's one of the PST bushings installed.
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