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Racer
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I just purchased a front suspension upper and lower control arms, springs, bushings, ball joints. And I have never done this. I can really use a how to video. What really bothers me is all of the shims. Thanks, tom
Safety Car
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VBP (Vette Brakes and Products) offers how-to DVD videos for free.......google their website, click on "videos" link.
Burning Brakes
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From: LaMoille Illinois
i taped and marked all my shims as i pulled them out and will put them back as i reassemble, my friend has an alignment machine and thats what he told me to do then he will go over the whole thing when i have it put back together!!
Racer
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From: Leesburg VA
I have just completed this job. Check out my thread called "John's Winter Rebuild Thread". It may be several pages back in the C3 General area because I haven't posted an update lately. It is not a terrible job, just take your time and mark all the parts you take off. I used baggies with cards on the inside that told where the parts go. For the shims, they went in separate bags...four of them, marked: Passenger Front, Passenger Rear, Driver Front, and Driver Rear. I also put the nut in each bag as well. You will want to put the same stack of shims in the same exact location you removed them from when it is time to reassemble. This could be quite some time depending on how quickly you work, so don't leave anything to chance...mark and save everything. If you replace parts, don't throw the old ones away until the car is completely put back together again.
Take your time, take plenty of pictures of parts before you disassemble, so you know what it looked like before you took it apart. Very valuable information.
Let me know if you have any other questions. There are lots of great threads here if you do a search on front suspension rebuild.
John
P.S. Vansteel has a video as well. I didn't buy it, but thought about it.
Take your time, take plenty of pictures of parts before you disassemble, so you know what it looked like before you took it apart. Very valuable information.
Let me know if you have any other questions. There are lots of great threads here if you do a search on front suspension rebuild.
John
P.S. Vansteel has a video as well. I didn't buy it, but thought about it.
Last edited by LudemJo; Mar 24, 2014 at 06:18 AM.
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Racer
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From: Leesburg VA
You absolutely will need to get an alignment after you have finished the rebuild. Placing the shims in the same place that they came out of allows the alignment to be "close enough" to allow you to get to the alignment shop without doing damage to your tires enroute. It only takes a second to bag them up and mark them with their appropriate location, better to do that than risk damaging your tires on the (hopefully) short run to the alignment shop.
On this job, attention to detail means a lot. Don't take unnecessary shortcuts...it will cost you more in the end.
John
On this job, attention to detail means a lot. Don't take unnecessary shortcuts...it will cost you more in the end.
John
Melting Slicks
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From: Bowtie, Pennsyltucky
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Make sure to have a spring compressor that is in good condition. I rented one from the local tool rental place, and had the spring fly out when the threads on the tool failed. 
When I took it back and told the guy what happened, he just grunted and put it back on the shelf.
Hey Ludemjo, nice helmet!
When I took it back and told the guy what happened, he just grunted and put it back on the shelf.
Hey Ludemjo, nice helmet!
Last edited by Mick71; Mar 24, 2014 at 02:29 PM.
