nom nom nom

 

suspension is off and ready for the perches to get a little lovin'

BTW, it is starting to get HOT outside!

 

Now your talking my language Pictures lmao. Looks like you be on your way to a great start . Housins looking sexy lol .. I hear some guys freeze bearing before pressing do you know why ? Mine where frozen I didn't question guy since he has been building for over 30 years and his cars are wow bad *** . His son Jeremy lowe is a rookie drifter look him up. Anyways good luck Bro

 

never heard of that but I am just going to follow the manual keep is easy

good luck to you as well.

 

I have a new addition to my sig.

also freezing them makes them slightly smaller so they press in easier. they obviously still need to be cold when you try and press them in.

 

damn Shady, you really do seem to be the only one here with a straight up answer

and I understand the concept of freezing them but does that actually make a difference? probably cant hurt thats for sure

 

If you heat up the iron and freeze the bearing it would make it very easy to press in.

also it makes it easier to press out, say for suspension bushing sleeves...

 

^did you try that prior to your flaming bushing expierence

 

That's how I feel when I first got my FC housing .... mmmmmmmmmmmm

 

I am glad I am not the only one

 

Yep I ask my cousin and he said he does this too his in Chicago and building a Turbo Rx2 .. He knows cold lol

 

i get smaller when i am cold too......

 

damn dude, is that how you are going to be right after a SARX visit......we are soooo contagious aren’t we

 

Well I had to burn the rubber bits out and set the parts that came out on fire so I could get the inner sleeve.

To get the actual collar sleeve whatever its called pressed out of the control arm took a variety of techniques.

 

/\ you talking about the diff housing bushes ? Man what fun i had getting those out !!!!

 

LOL no, installing those is on the list though, I'm going to get the diff microblued while its out...

I was talking the upper and lower control arms... Imagine the diff bushings x4 but much smaller.

 

if you do get those get the softer of the two shore hardness ones avail - unless you enjoy lots of vibration transfer ...

 

If you use an air chisel to remove the bushings it is quite a bit easier

 

I already purchased them a while ago from Zelse, not sure what hardness they are .

Yea I was afraid to do that to the front arms I didn't want to damage the arm.

 

Ready to Wrench!!!

You guys need to come over and see the boat!

 

SARX has infected me it seems---
Shady Blue--you are the MAN!!
Hoss--sparking the R3 yet?
What color is the car yall are working on....

 

i am ready to wrench but after today i am mentally deflated.....holy crap....here is the farside I keep at my desk as a reminder what work could be like....but today I would rather heard cats

 

oh and look what I got today...package complete ...hope to get bearing pressed tomorrow

 

Bowman doing it for you?

I start work on the R3 tonight. The girlfriend works most of the weekend so I should have lots of free time.

Houstonrx8er's car is GG.

 

actually it is Ti Grey....(before he corrects ya)