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The DEMONX 1970 vert project
Scott:
I hope the rear trail arms don't give you much trouble. I used a hacksaw blade with a small holder and a few beers to cut through the bolts. Took a bit over two beers for each cut, with the shims removed. I couldn't remove the inside shims though, so I bought a cheap reciprocating saw from bunnings, and a couple of good bi-metal blades and used lots of inox to keep the blades from overheating. Still took a while. Definitely not the most fun job around.
demonx:
Thanks for the advice... I'll be getting round to that next weekend. Something to look forward to!
I haven't finished putting together the front end yet. Just bought some wheel bearing kits yesterday and some new bump stops etc. Also tracked down some new spring washers for the wishbone nuts as they had disappeared. I'll get all that together, reco the front callipers and add new calliper kits - then move onto the rear end.
Reklaw:
Not sure if you are resigned to having to cut the rear trailing arm bolts off with a hacksaw. I have only done two of these, both times the nuts came off OK. I just pushed the bolts back as far as required to remove the trailing arm, without completely removing the bolts. The biggest problem I had was the caliper bolts. I guess that 30 odd years of hot & cold had caused them them to sieze in place.
Scott:
I really hope the nuts come off and the bolts slide out. I could get the nuts off, and using a slide hammer I managed to remove the outside shims on each side after a lot of noise, but the inside shims didn't budge a bit. The bolts were stuck pretty good as well. One of my training arms still has the bolt shank firmly stuck in the bush. The 20 ton press wouldn't budge it. I guess I was just lucky ;39 Everything else on the rear was OK, apart from the hard brake line, which won't come loose from the block it screws into.
GoldDigger:
It seems a shame not to do all the little things while you have it apart, seeing it is such a nice car
Long live C3 chromies. Hope yours does not turn out to be a major resto like mine became.
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