Monday, July 19, 2021

New Trailing arms installed

Old vs. New

Old shims; New shims

New strut; Old strut


Both Trailing arms installed


Monday, July 12, 2021

Rear Suspension; removal of the old parts...

 

Time to remove the old leaf spring


Leaf spring is out!


Removing old strut bracket

Shocks, struts, strut bracket and leaf spring removed.

Need to remove all the new brake components, in order to replace the trailing arms.





I did the passenger side, Jerry did the driver side.


Wheel cylinders removed.


Removing the old trailing arms

They were stubborn!  Very rusted.



Trailing arms removed and half shafts removed.  All rear suspension components are out!

Final tweaks & test drive w/Vette jai

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