Author Topic: Suspension removal... (Read 1146 times)

Midlife · « **Reply #25 on:** June, 21, 2011, 05:47:59 PM »

Quote from: Kats66Pny on June, 21, 2011, 05:43:53 PM

Not until you just made me!!

off to go visualizing the size of Sluggo's tool and how he works it..

He grips it in his palm and then whacks the shaft as hard as he can!

And then his balls drop out of the joint. Seriously!!!

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #26 on:** June, 21, 2011, 06:05:40 PM »

So what you're saying is he beats it like it owes him money.

70_Fastback · « **Reply #27 on:** June, 23, 2011, 02:01:38 PM »

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #28 on:** June, 24, 2011, 04:53:43 AM »

Got the coil springs removed last night.

silverblueBP · « **Reply #29 on:** June, 24, 2011, 05:02:49 AM »

That brake hard line looks kinked.

midpack · « **Reply #30 on:** June, 24, 2011, 05:08:14 AM »

Quote from: silverblueBP on June, 24, 2011, 05:02:49 AM

That brake hard line looks kinked.

Rubbing on the inner fender too... they make rubber grommets to keep it from doing that

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #31 on:** June, 24, 2011, 05:37:44 AM »

It wasn't kinked before I started trying to remove suspension stuff. All the brake lines are being replaced anyway when I do the disc brakes, so I wasn't being careful when hitting stuff with a BFH.

silverblueBP · « **Reply #32 on:** June, 24, 2011, 05:43:47 AM »

Quote from: Kats66Pny on June, 24, 2011, 05:37:44 AM

It wasn't kinked before I started trying to remove suspension stuff. All the brake lines are being replaced anyway when I do the disc brakes, so I wasn't being careful when hitting stuff with a BFH.

10-4...carry on!

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #33 on:** June, 25, 2011, 07:18:41 AM »

Do they make repo spindles for 66?? Just curious because neither me nor my husband can remove any of the suspension/steering parts. The nuts are like melted/rusted and he's about to take the sawzall and start cutting stuff.

Horseplay · « **Reply #34 on:** June, 25, 2011, 07:40:32 AM »

Quote from: Kats66Pny on June, 25, 2011, 07:18:41 AM

Do they make repo spindles for 66?? Just curious because neither me nor my husband can remove any of the suspension/steering parts. The nuts are like melted/rusted and he's about to take the sawzall and start cutting stuff.

Don't take a chance of messing up the spindles. You should be able to get stuff apart if done right. A sawzall is not "right"!

tarafied1 · « **Reply #35 on:** June, 25, 2011, 07:43:32 AM »

Quote from: Kats66Pny on June, 25, 2011, 07:18:41 AM

Do they make repo spindles for 66?? Just curious because neither me nor my husband can remove any of the suspension/steering parts. The nuts are like melted/rusted and he's about to take the sawzall and start cutting stuff.

If your going to convert to disc brakes, just remove the UCA & LCA's from the car as an assembly with the spindles. I'd replace the LCA's as they are your ball joints also. The UCA's can be rebuilt but assembled UCA's are reasonably cheap. If you need to save any of that mess you could haul it over to a shop that has a torch and they could probably get it all apart with heat.

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #36 on:** June, 25, 2011, 08:04:23 AM »

CSRP disc swap kit (which is what I will be getting) comes with spindles.

http://www.discbrakeswap.com/Mustang%20Disc%20Brake%20Conversion%20Kits%20SWAP3.html

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #37 on:** June, 25, 2011, 08:10:19 AM »

I told my husband not to touch or damage the spindles. So no worries, but I know that if by accident they get messed up, the kit I will be getting comes with them.

These two nuts won't budge. Tried torching the hell out of them. Nothing. When my husband tries, he moves the whole car and it's up on 4 jacks and it slides. That's how hard he's trying to get them loose. I told him to just leave it alone and I'll figure out some other way to get this stuff off.

Horseplay · « **Reply #38 on:** June, 25, 2011, 08:18:35 AM »

If you have an impact wrench that usually will do the trick. Stubborn fasteners like to be "shocked" loose. Just applying a lot of force with a wrench/ratchet doesn't do the job most times. Original V8 spindles have value so you can re-coup a few bucks selling them.

tarafied1 · « **Reply #39 on:** June, 25, 2011, 08:29:21 AM »

when you say "torch" is it an Oxy/Acetylene torch? Those little propane torches are useless except for lighting fireworks.

Midlife · « **Reply #40 on:** June, 25, 2011, 08:33:28 AM »

Quote from: Kats66Pny on June, 25, 2011, 08:10:19 AM

I told my husband not to touch or damage the spindles. So no worries, but I know that if by accident they get messed up, the kit I will be getting comes with them.

These two nuts won't budge. Tried torching the hell out of them. Nothing. When my husband tries, he moves the whole car and it's up on 4 jacks and it slides. That's how hard he's trying to get them loose. I told him to just leave it alone and I'll figure out some other way to get this stuff off.

Well, I hope that picture is old. Each castle nut has a cotter pin holding it in place. Remove the cotter pin, soak the bolt in PBBlaster, and try again.

Kats66Pny · « **Reply #41 on:** June, 25, 2011, 08:54:11 AM »

cotter pins are all removed. That's the one little thing I was able to do myself. lol

We got one nut loose. The one on the tie rod. Then I showed him this article in my MP catalog.

http://www.mustangsplus.com/tech/shockandfall/shockfall2.htm

Then my husband broke his hammer beating the living tar out of it trying to make it pop off. Haha! Funny.