Im tryin to remove the strut rods and pivot. pound out strut? what about the main pivot bolt

oh yes, for a 72 valiant, LCA's are sittin next to car

Do you mean you are trying to seperate the lca from the strut rod. Remove nut smack with hammer use care so you don't damage threads.


By main pivot bolt do you mean the lca bushing. You can press the pivot out of a lca fairly easily getting the lca bushing shell is a royal pain involving lotsa swearing and caution.

i have my LCA sittin right here wit a strut rod hangin out, ill pound them out, but asw for the main bolt that hold my LCA in, this is what im wondring how to remove. i know ill prolly take it to a machine shop for the bushings, the more i read bout it, the less i wanna do it myself.

What do you mean by main bolt? If the LCA is out of the car already the only bolts on it are the ones holding it to the lower ball joint and the one holding the strut rod in.

To get the ball joint out you undo the nut and use a puller or pickel fork. For the strut rod, hold it with something and hit the bolt with an impact gun. Once that bolt is off you should be able to pull the strutrod out by hand.

i think he's talking about the stud that presses into the lca bushing. you will have to press this out on a hydralic press. if you are replacing the bushings with polyurethane replacements you can put everything back together by hand with lots of silicone grease. if you are using stock replacements, you will need to cut out the old bearing shells with an air chisel (be very careful!!!) or a similar tool. taking the strut rod off is pretty much necessary to mount the arm on a press. it's best to leave the nut on a few turns when whacking with a hammer (saves the end of the rod.)

-james

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stud! bolt! c'mon her3e. thanks james, ill do it up

Sorry, I didn't mean to be picky I just couldn't understand what you were refering to. Check out this article, good pictures/explanations for lca replacment

http://moparmusclemagazine.com/tipstric ... trol_arms/

hell ya, nice link. still prolly gonna bring it in. i have no press, and the only torch i have is to blow glass with. but i do wanna look up those weld on braces for future reference. anyone gotta guess for a price i should see for a press out and replace job. i dont know if i got new poly or not, the outer shell is on the new ones. so can i put these back in myself

If the outer shell is on your bushings then you have rubber units - poly dun come with an outer shell becase it reuses the original.

Putting in new bushings shouldn't be too much, maybe an hour of shop labor? I would just bring the shop the new bushings and have them press them in at the same time as taking out the old ones.

I made my LCA reinforcement plates from 1/8" scrap.
Look at the photos on that link, and at Mancini http://store.yahoo.com/chucker54/locoarmboxpl.html
, then make carboard templates. Be sure to allow big enough holes to get a socket on the torsion bar adjusters, with some clearance.
Cut them out however you can, bend to match the curvature, and have your welder buddy weld them in place.
Not too much work, not a lot of difference in a street car, but it might help someday.

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