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Anyone here ever rebuild a 66 inline6 200. I am having problems with
the front suspension.

Richard

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Anyone here ever rebuild a 66 inline6 200. I am having problems with
the front suspension.

Richard

I've rebuilt a few Ford front ends. Describe your problem.
Lane

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Anyone here ever rebuild a 66 inline6 200. I am having problems with
the front suspension.

Richard


I've rebuilt a few Ford front ends. Describe your problem.
Lane

I had a '68 with the 200. Changed the front
ball joints, replaced the front springs with
those for a 289 then leveled it by adding a
booster and shackles to the rear. A big
improvement.

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:25:43 -0500, wrote:

Anyone here ever rebuild a 66 inline6 200. I am having problems with
the front suspension.

Richard



I have replaced on both sides--upper and lower control arms, all tie
rod ends, idler arm, sway bar bushings, strut rod bushings and have
gotten the car alighned. The problem is the passenger side inner tie
rod wants to bind up against the centerlink when turning one way and
the idler arm the other way. I can't figure it out. Maybe one you can
help me?

Richard

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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:25:43 -0500, wrote:

Anyone here ever rebuild a 66 inline6 200. I am having problems with
the front suspension.

Richard



I have replaced on both sides--upper and lower control arms, all tie
rod ends, idler arm, sway bar bushings, strut rod bushings and have
gotten the car alighned. The problem is the passenger side inner tie
rod wants to bind up against the centerlink when turning one way and
the idler arm the other way. I can't figure it out. Maybe one you can
help me?

Richard

1966 is not a LATE model, it's an EARLY model.
Assuming that you put all the parts together correctly I say that you got
the wrong parts. I've rebuilt lots of Ford front ends including early
Mustangs, Fairlane, Falcons and have never had the problem. Since the front
end needs to be aligned anyway, if it is driveable you might want to drive
it to the alignment shop and have them look at it. They will do an inpection
anyway before they do the alignment, so it shouldn't cost you anything
extra.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Lane

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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:25:43 -0500, wrote:

Anyone here ever rebuild a 66 inline6 200. I am having problems with
the front suspension.

Richard



I have replaced on both sides--upper and lower control arms, all tie
rod ends, idler arm, sway bar bushings, strut rod bushings and have
gotten the car alighned. The problem is the passenger side inner tie
rod wants to bind up against the centerlink when turning one way and
the idler arm the other way. I can't figure it out. Maybe one you can
help me?

Richard

1966 is not a LATE model, it's an EARLY model.
Assuming that you put all the parts together correctly I say that you got
the wrong parts. I've rebuilt lots of Ford front ends including early
Mustangs, Fairlane, Falcons and have never had the problem. Since the
front end needs to be aligned anyway, if it is driveable you might want to
drive it to the alignment shop and have them look at it. They will do an
inpection anyway before they do the alignment, so it shouldn't cost you
anything extra.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Lane


Opps, I forgot that you already had it aligned. They didn't say anything
about it?
Lane

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:10:06 -0500, the inscrutable
spake:

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:25:43 -0500, wrote:

Anyone here ever rebuild a 66 inline6 200. I am having problems with
the front suspension.

Richard

I have replaced on both sides--upper and lower control arms, all tie
rod ends, idler arm, sway bar bushings, strut rod bushings and have
gotten the car alighned. The problem is the passenger side inner tie
rod wants to bind up against the centerlink when turning one way and
the idler arm the other way. I can't figure it out. Maybe one you can
help me?

Two things come to mind. IF when you replaced the tie rod ends, the
ends weren't centered while being aligned. This can cause binding upon
turning and will seriously diminish the life of the joints. *It is
unsafe and should be repaired immediately.*

Second, which is how my truck showed me the error of my ways, is that
when the guy did the alignment, he left the threaded portion of the
bolt too close to a suspension piece. Loosen each of the adjusters
individually and rotate _just the compression collar the bolt goes
through, not the entire sleeve_ so the bolts don't hit when you turn
the assembly from lock to lock of the steering wheel. It's most easily
done when the front end of the car is supported at the lower ball
joints so the car is at normal ride height.

I did a whole lot of FE alignments while working for that body shop,
most of them on a Hunter 111A computerized system. The mechanical end
was always mine while I watched the body and paint men do their thing.


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Aren't there some extensions on the LCA to limit steering travel?
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Rex Burkheimer
WM Automotive
Fort Worth TX

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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:25:43 -0500, wrote:


Anyone here ever rebuild a 66 inline6 200. I am having problems with
the front suspension.

Richard




I have replaced on both sides--upper and lower control arms, all tie
rod ends, idler arm, sway bar bushings, strut rod bushings and have
gotten the car alighned. The problem is the passenger side inner tie
rod wants to bind up against the centerlink when turning one way and
the idler arm the other way. I can't figure it out. Maybe one you can
help me?

Richard

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:25:43 -0500, wrot




Well, made a left hand turn the other day and it locked up. On
inspection it seems that where the control valve connects to the
centerlink broke. So something is not right. Took the centerlink off,
leaving the inner tie rods still connected. Found a man nearby that
does nothing but restore old Mustangs and am going to bring it to him
to have a look.


Richard