Front Suspension disassembly...

 

Front Suspension & Steering disassembled

Old Coil springs removed

Upper & Lower A-Arms removed

Old Relay Rod seal was "Toast"

Tie Rods removed

Castle-nut held in by bent nail.

Dropping the lower A-Arm

Coil spring compressor in place

Our new technique - worked great!

Separating the ball joints

Had to remove Alternator - to get passenger A-Arm out

Old front shocks

Tightened up the Rear Trailing arms

We reinstalled the rear brakes

Rear suspension installation complete

 

New struts installed onto new strut bracket

Left & right Shock Shafts installed

Left & right Halfshafts & U-joints installed

Rear Leafspring cushion retainers installed into new leafspring

"Peening over" the retainer cups into the leafspring

Rear Leafspring installed with new rubber cushions

New rear Leafspring plate installed

New rear Shock Absorbers installed.  Rear Suspension update complete!

New Trailing arms installed

Old vs. New

Old shims; New shims

New strut; Old strut

Both Trailing arms installed

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!