<VV> Front Crossmember

[Bruce Schug]

On Aug 30, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Jim Steigerwaldt wrote:

> I have a 1966 Monza, whose front crossmember had to be replaced, for  
> which I removed. I had another one which I had sand-blasted and  
> painted with Por-15. The question is,Is their a trick to getting the  
> spring and shocks mounted, I'm having no luck so far.
> TIA
>


You didn't say exactly what the problem was, Jim. I'm sure others will  
chime in here, but I'll say this. When I rebuilt my front suspension I  
did it all off the car, then put it in, all at once. I didn't really  
have any trouble with anything. But I was using springs that had been  
cut, one coil, which makes them shorter, and therefore easier to get  
in. With stock springs you might need to use a coil spring compressor.  
I'm not sure what the shop manual says. I hope you have a shop manual  
and have been using it.

I will add that others on this forum have said it was easier to  
install just the crossmember in the car, then put the pieces on it. I  
can see how this might be easier. This way, you can use the weight of  
the car to compress the springs by putting a floor jack under the A- 
arm and lifting it which will compress the spring and allow you to  
attach the ball joints and get the shocks in.

I hope this is what you meant and that this will help you out. Look  
for other posts and opinions.




Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer & Membership Chairman
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group
Performance Corvair Group
bwschug at charter.net

CORSA member since 1980

'67 Monza. "67AC140"