clemsonfor
Super Member
For those of you following my Starter replacement thread, i thought i would start a new one to not jumble and confuse the original thread.
So my question is do i need to measure the thread exposed on the radius arms after installing the new bushings, to ensure there the same, or will it not matter?
Included are a few pics. The first is the cross-member with the rivits ground off and the radius arm pulled out. Then the broken shock stud that i had to weld a piece of threaded bolt onto so that i could secure the shock back on, as well as the broken upper spring retainer on the pass side. I did not weld anything to retain the sprin in there as the shock controls the droop on the A-arm so that it cant droop far enough to let the spring out of the tower, as well as the radius are controls foward to back movement so its not like the spring can fall out anyway. The plan is to weld something into there, but the original is just a little folded over metal tab that in event of failure would not hold it anyway.
So my question is do i need to measure the thread exposed on the radius arms after installing the new bushings, to ensure there the same, or will it not matter?
Included are a few pics. The first is the cross-member with the rivits ground off and the radius arm pulled out. Then the broken shock stud that i had to weld a piece of threaded bolt onto so that i could secure the shock back on, as well as the broken upper spring retainer on the pass side. I did not weld anything to retain the sprin in there as the shock controls the droop on the A-arm so that it cant droop far enough to let the spring out of the tower, as well as the radius are controls foward to back movement so its not like the spring can fall out anyway. The plan is to weld something into there, but the original is just a little folded over metal tab that in event of failure would not hold it anyway.