<VV> Front rebuild

[Harry Yarnell]

Smitty's absolutely right; leave the suspension in the car until you remove
the springs. It's easier (an oxymoron?) to remove the upper and lower
control arms in the car.
As others have pointed out, the six crossmember bolts can be a bitch.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <vairologist at juno.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: <VV> Front rebuild


> Smitty says:   David by all means leave the front axle attached to the
> car untill it is stripped down.  If you want to do like Matt says, and
> pull it to change the brake line then do it.  Then put it back in before
> you reassemble the components.  You can use the  mass and weight of the
> car to your advantage when breaking loose stuck bolts, compressing
> springs Etc  You can make your apology to me for a bad call on that, in
> private if you want Matt.   gg
>
> > From: Macdonald David <dmacd_us at yahoo.com>
> > I'm planning on putting new ball joints (upper and
> > lower) and new bushings (upper and lower) on my late
> > model.
> > Looking at the project it seemed to me that I may be
> > better off pulling out the whole crossmember, doing
> > the work and then reinstalling it.
> > I'd like some input on the best approach. Is pulling
> > the crossmember a good idea?
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