Finally back on the road
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Drifting
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From: colchester CT
Finally back on the road
The Lt4 rides again. I rebuilt the rear suspension, new kyb shocks, new timken bearings, moog tie rod ends, poly bushings installed lots of cleaning and polishing. I drove it a couple of times and then my clutch was not working. Turned out to be the slave cylinder. Many thanks to Jim at Power torque systems. He rebuilt everything for a great price and was very helpful in describing how to take it all apart and put it together. It's am great feeling. The clutch pedal has been a problem for awhile and I just didn't know how it was supposed to feel. It drives so much smoother now. Thanks to everyone here who chimed in along the way, as usual, I couldn't have done it all without the forum
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Drifting
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which castle nut? I have cotter pins in the tie rod ends, the new bolt for the spring is a nylon nut. I may have taken this picture before everything was buttoned up. If you see anything that's not right please let me know, Thanks
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Normally the bolt is reversed and the nut is on the bottom. The stock bolt has a cottor pin through it to keep the castle nut from unscrewing which would be pretty disasterous. Looks like you need a longer bolt and a cinch nut or even 2 nuts tightened against each other. If I am seeing the picture correctly, you shouldn't drive down the street with the nut hanging on by a few threads.
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someone needs glasses. The bottom (threaded) end of that bolt is not visible in these pics. Those arrows point to the top (head) of a Grade 8 bolt with the appropriate markings on the head of the bolt.
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Drifting
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: colchester CT
Normally the bolt is reversed and the nut is on the bottom. The stock bolt has a cottor pin through it to keep the castle nut from unscrewing which would be pretty disasterous. Looks like you need a longer bolt and a cinch nut or even 2 nuts tightened against each other. If I am seeing the picture correctly, you shouldn't drive down the street with the nut hanging on by a few threads.