I then tried to break loose the stuck steering linkage from the Pitman arm. I tried to muscle it off with just a hammer but the pickle fork had to be used to get it loose. After that, it came apart pretty easily. Then the bolts that hold it to the frame and off it came.
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Good Grief! "Charlie Brown" 1972 Buick Skylark Custom convertible
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The box went on pretty easily but we wound up taking it on and off 3 times to get the steering column, rag joint, steering box and pitman all to line up even though it only goes on one correct way. It drives great and it took a lot of the slop out of the steering on this car and doesn't leak! Now, I just have to degrease the old one, box it up and send it back to Hector.1 Photo
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So here's what I've got:
Dual rate springs front and rear
Larger sway bars front and rear
Adjustable gas shocks front and rear
Taller upper ball joints
Delrin front A arm bushings upper and lower
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I am also planning a front disc brake conversion since I will be pulling the A arms off to put the bushings and ball joints on.
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I've learned that GM offered some of their A bodies with round bushings and some came with oval bushings instead. My Buick had the oval ones and since I wanted to have the suspension pieces powder coated, I needed to find a set with round holes. This proved to be more difficult than expected. After striking out at a local salvage yard on 3 different cars, I found a good set with a seller on V8Buick.com.
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A friend of mine turned me on to my powdercoater. He has a shop behind his house and does work for local car and motorcycle guys. I'm not sure if he is compliant with the EPA but he is cheap (cheaper than buying the primer and paint) and does good work. He even includes sandblasting in the price.
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As I understand it, sandblasting is a requirement before powdercoationg. My guy includes that too - but he's not cheap. I guess the price isn't high enough to push me into buying a blast cabinet, oven, powders, application gun, etc. And now he has a waterjet cutter.
Dan
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