[FWDLK] Front end update

["Sperduto, Nick" <SperdutoN@xxxxxxx>]

here is the final update on the front end rebuild in my 56 Savoy. Everything
went back together well last week and the sawy bar bushings are in and on.
Thanks to the person who responded to my bushing question with the one line
Grease is the word !
The whole time I was doing the second bushing and putting the swayabar on
the car, I couldn't stop singing that song.
Anyway, disassembly and cleaning was the absolute messiest thing I've had to
do to a car.
I had a couple of problems in the reassembly. For the first one, I wasn't
sure, so I called out the BIG GUNS. Dad came over. He was a mechanic back
then, had his own garage and later was a head dealer mechanic for Rambler in
the 60's
Anyway, the service manual told me to use some kind of alignment tool to
align the shaft in the control arm. Anyway I wasn't sure what they were
talkiing about. Dad told me to just get the shaft centered in the arm  and
make sure that the control arm doesn't squeeze when tightening the bushings.
For some reason, I couldn't get a new bushing to thread all wht way into the
front of the passenger control arm. I was using a 1/2 ratchet and 2 foot bar
on the end and it wouldn't go. The old bushing looked ok, so I just reused
it.
all other bushings when it fine.
On the passenger side of the car, I didn't have the lower shaft centered
correctly, so when I went to put the steering knuckle in, it didn't line up
between the two control arms. All I had to do was take it back out and spin
the shaft a couple times, then put it all back together. I drove the car, It
drives a million times better than it used to. The new parts and new radials
make it track very well. It's not 100% yet because my steering box is shot.
It has alot of play and high spots in it. But I'll be fixing that soon with
the power steering conversoin.

Thanks everyone for you help with my questions.

I belong to a bunch of email lists. 6 to be exact and this one by far takes
the cake for the friendliest and most knoweldgable people.
I feel more like were a club than a discussion group

Nick