02-27-2012, 07:35 AM
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Chelsea,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR1690, 347
Posts: 5
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Mustang II stock front to tubular
I'm working on a Street Beast kit for a guy and he wanted me to rebuild the front suspension. I suggested rather than new bushings and ball joints to replace the stock parts with a tubular setup. Anyway I'm looking for a little bit of info from hopefully someone that's installed something similar. The lower control arms we bought come with 2 spacers, one spacer goes in the cross member where the old control arm was and the other spacer is welded to the back side of the cross member and gusseted. My problem is the spacer on the back side seems too long when you add in the thickness of the cross member.
Here's what I have...
http://www.jegs.com/InstallationInst.../555-64560.pdf
You can see how there is not much if any room left between the bushings for the cross member thickness. The instructions don't say anything about having to cut the spacer to fit so does it matter if the inside part of the bushings are crushed? If that's the way it should be is there any tricks to getting them on because it's going to be very tight!
Thanks,
Klay
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