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OT-Late Model Mustang's(1966)
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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Lane wrote:
wrote in message ... 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. |
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wrote in message ... 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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"Lane" lane (no spam) at copperaccents dot com wrote in message news wrote in message ... 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 |
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Aren't there some extensions on the LCA to limit steering travel?
- - Rex Burkheimer WM Automotive Fort Worth TX wrote: 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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