Mopar Muscle Association UK

2 deliveries today, blankets for the seats and the upper ball joints. the lowers are coming from summit so hopefully will be with me by the weekend.

update... summit emailed stating they don't have the lower joints and won't get them 'til at least the 22nd. so i had a look on ebay and got one side here in the uk and the other from the states. what a palaver.

today i fitted 3 of the new balljoints. both o/s and the upper n/s. i'm still waiting for the n/s lower which on these 'a' bodies is the steering arm also. everything came apart nice and easy (even the top joints didn't need heat to come undone) so a pretty straightforward job.

you might find that rockauto can turn up a moog joint faster....

Dave

maybe, the tracker info says by wednesday so sorted this time. i'll keep rockauto in the memory bank for next time though, thanks.
neil.

the last ball joint arrived to day i'll get it on tomorrow morning before it gets too hot in the garage

all done and back on it's wheels. let the torsion bars back down a turn as advised it'll drive better, we'll see.

today was a good day for me. dawn called to tell me the schumacker tri y headers i bought from dave billadeau had arrived and i collected the engine and box too

I'm using the car for work this week before I pull the engine and 'box. It drives so much better with the ball joints done (as it should). Strangely, even though I wound the torsion bars down 3/4 turn it sits about the same height now as before. There must've been more play in the old joints than it felt like.

i'm making a start on pulling the engine and box today. i'll get the engine out first so i can slide the box out without removing the trans crossmember. that way i won't need to slacken the torsion bars off (not my first mopar rodeo ).
updates later.

You can remove the trans crossmember without touching the torsion bars.

mygasser wrote: Fri Aug 17, 18 10:02 am i'm making a start on pulling the engine and box today. i'll get the engine out first so i can slide the box out without removing the trans crossmember. that way i won't need to slacken the torsion bars off (not my first mopar rodeo ).
updates later.

Your first Rodeo must have been riding a C body,,

yes mate it was a new yorker i was breaking. don't i need to worry with this a body then? i've just been extra careful since.

No the torsion bar crossmember is welded to the floor, the centre of it is bolt in so you can get the trans out. Personally I find it easier to remove/ refit the engine & trans separately anyway.

thanks blue, good to know mate. i've always been one to err on the side of caution