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That’s one clean and tough underside on your B-Body Travis! If I do go adjustable strut rods, it would be the Firm Feels too - since that they take the rubber/poly bushings.
Decided to install the 2pc bushings on the original strut rods and see how that works out first. Measured my '62 wagons strut rods last night, .72 dia. So the Moog K7039's with .714
ID are correct, and Firm Feel confirmed that. Will install with the convex side of the washers against bushings, same as your picture shows. I put the single bullet shaped poly bushings in there from PST, correct for ’62. But the threads bottom out way before the 40ft lbs of torque specified. What came out of there was
an hour-glass shaped single piece, and actually hollow! Ric Moog K7039:
From: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Travis Rice
Travis From: "Hall, Ricky L" <ricky.l.hall@xxxxxxxxxx> Anyone running adjustable strut rods? Wondering if they help with alignment, realizing that the lower control arm is not designed with much play or
any adjustment. Looks like the Firm Feel is the only adjustable strut rod that accepts rubber or poly OE style bushings? Just replaced everything on the Dart’s suspension, quite the learning experience. But the best the alignment shop could get on caster was +6 degrees.
I have aftermarket OE style A-arms and thinking they are the prime suspect. Were way wide at the shock tower and had to be squeezed/bent in a press to make them fit. So going to rebuild the stock A-arms and try again. Really happy with the ride quality
now, with the larger .92 dia torsion bars, and new OE rear springs. Pic below how she sits, measures 25.5” all the way around from the ground to the wheel well lip, at the center of the wheels. This is about 1.5” higher in back, and ¾” lower in front, than
it sat before. Adjustable strut rods: --
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