Questions for Classic Revival builders

[boxhead]

Hey there everyone.

I have some questions regarding our cars

1: with the lower front control arms was the inner pivot bolt (long one) tight to slide into your chassis? I started fitting mine today and it is very tight, will need to tap with a hammer and twist it to slide it in, Is this normal?

2: How do you get the rear driveshaft off the rear disc/hub assy?
there is a large nut in the centre of disc that holds the driveshaft, my question is before i bend it, how does the lock collar over the nut come off?

3: I need to get my car rolling onto a trailer before the Australia day weekend but I wont have springs and shockies before then, can someone who has a car complete or near complete tell me what the measurement is between the front and rear shockie mount holes (so I can cut some steel and bolt in as a substitute) this question is no biggy as I can drop it onto slave wheels with a jack as support, measure and cut some to suit.

Thanks in advance, David

[Aussie Mike]

Hi David,

The front lower control arm pivot bolts should be snug but shouldn't need hammering in. Check there isn't some paint on the inside of the tube. Quite a few of the bolt holes for the suspension parts I had to ream slightly because of the paint buildup on the inside. You will probably also need to make up some 6mm spacer washers for the pivot bolts unless Ian has changed his design.

The rear hub was a bit of a bugger to get apart. The nut that Ford use on the hub is actually a stack of about 3. Each is about 2mm thick and are threaded on top of each other. You will probably dammage them getting them undone as I think they are a 1 shot device. I destroyed mine getting them off but I replaced them with some big nylock nuts that I ordered through a bolt supply. Once the nuts are undone the shaft itself is pressed into a double stacked bearing in the hub and it took a bit of force to push it out. The bearing stack is pressed into the hub also and by a large circlip as backup.

My front shocks are about 420mm eye to eye at full extension. take 50mm off that tom make 370mm and I reckon that would be a reasonable ride height.

Cheers

[boxhead]

Thanks Mike.

Can you tell me approx what length on rear shockies so I can make supports for them aswell?

I will see if we have a reamer at work otherwise I will use an old wheel cylinder hone to clean up the holes.

Did you have to use a press/puller to get the driveshaft out from the hub?

[Aussie Mike]

Hi David,

I've got some fairly heavy duty gear pullers but if I did the hub again I would use a press. There's not much for the gear puller to grab hold of and it was working pretty hard.

The Rear shocks on Ians newer cars are the same as the front (Mine are an inch shorter). You will need to make some adapters for the lower shock mounts on the rear. The distance from the ruber shock knuckle on the ford lower arm to where your lower mount will end up is about 65mm. You can see the adapter I made here: Shock mount

Cheers