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Old 12-20-2004, 07:36 PM   #5
arkracing
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bushings are screw in style not press in's...you still might want to have a front end shop put them in for you though..so they can center them correctly etc.

that is my plan anyway..take the a-arms to a front end shop and take the new bushings/ctrl arm shafts and have them install them.

the lower ball joint needs to be pressed in also (local machine shop, front end shop, or a ball joint tool if you got one)

i just bought all my front end parts from Summitracing (all Moog stuff)
Upper and lower shaft/bushing kits, upper and lower ball joints, inner and outer tie rods, idler arm, and pitman arm....and it cost me around $470 for all that stuff.

upper ball joints were $30 ea.
Lowers were $30 ea.
Lower Ctrl arm kits/w bushings $ 48 ea.
Upper Ctrl arm kits/w bushings $ 36 ea.
=$288 (cheapest I found for MOOG parts anyway - the only local shop that carried MOOG wanted like double that for some reason) and summit has free shipping. don't forget i had the other parts in there too. and i bought ball joints for a 73+ and ctrl arms for a '69 and tie rods/idler/pitman for a 73+ so prices may vary but probably not too much.

you can buy front end rebuild kits from PST and some places for cheaper but i don't know what parts they use (Taiwan?? China??)

I would replace the upper and lower B.Joints, and the upper and Lower Ctrl Arm shafts...if one set is gone the other will probably not be far behind it.
i would personally replace all the steering components too...just for peace of mine and knowing that it is all new and done at the same time. but if you don't have the money...do what you can do
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Last edited by arkracing; 12-20-2004 at 07:47 PM.
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