Thread: Build front suspension before or after mounting the engine?
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Old 11-26-2018, 08:23 PM   #8
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Re: Build front suspension before or after mounting the engine?
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Originally Posted by Grumpy old man View Post
I just dropped the upper and lower control arms in today and I'll be dropping in the engine before the front springs and suspension is tightened up . I need the weight to compress the front springs .
Pics Grumps pics......... You're always a step ahead of me. I just got the last of the rear brake parts today. One piece at a time it seems, no such thing as a kit with everything on the backing plate, springs here, clips there. And I give, why do you need the weight?

The welds, if any are VERY small. I didn't know they were there until I realized the grease nuts weren't coming off
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