Not too much progress but a whole lot of learning.
In my haste to just start removing things, I presumed that all fitted well and correct, and paid little attention as it was covered in 30+ years of gunk, and all bolts were so dry and rusty. Needless to say I experienced a Homer Simpson D'oh moment when after having new shock tabs welded on, sand blasted and powder coated, pressed in ball joints and fitting bushings, the LCA were not in alignment with the subframe.
WTF?. Both arms were about 2.5 degrees out of square, so unless I forced the bolts in and turned a blind eye to this...... I had to fix it. Easily solved with cutting, aligning and re-welding, but I learned that always prefit before paint.
Even after cleaning up, the old pivot bushings were awful and needed to be replaced. New machined ones from 4140 stock with a .2mm clearance once the bolt is snugged up so the LCA moves freely. Grease nipples also tapped into the pivot of the LCA so there is no reason for this ever to be dry and nasty as before.
LCA after shock tabs welded and a clean up before paint.
Grease nipple
After paint.
Old rusty pitted bushings (3 as one has to be machined off the bolt as it was fused on).
New 4140 bushing (one side, new on other side as well)
Assembled. Now a step forward.
And a pic of proposed ride height (and a messy garage).
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