Removing Trailing Arms??

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Jul 15, 2009 | 11:23 PM

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Clams Canino

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From: Anderson SC

Great ideas like that got GM where it is today!!

-W

Jul 16, 2009 | 08:50 AM

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Rally68

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Originally Posted by Clams Canino

Funny.... I was just thinking about that last night....

I'm going to use the new shims and the old saved bolt nubs to "hang them" on - to mark the correct location for the holes. Outta be perfect.

-W

PS: Are you saying they waited until after 1982 to add the cotter pins?? Was it a recall of sorts?

What he means is they started using the slotted shim/cotter pin setup in '69 and used it until the end of the generation in '82. I drilled the cotter pin holes in my '68 this week; it works just like you said, you put the bolt in and put a shim in place on the inside and line one up with it on the outside and mark your hole. Just a note, the cotter pins that came with my shim kit are barely long enough for the job, I'm going to use safety wire also.

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