I wish I had been closer I would have loved to help.
Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> Big weekend at chuck's garage near Kutztown, PA. I had NO IDEA what I was
> getting into when I asked if I could get some help rebuilding my front
> suspension, whilst chuck painted Larry's Midget. chuck said, no problem, we
> can do both. Well, 14 hours on Saturday and another 5 hours on Sunday, after
> a 5 hour drive for parts, and it's fixed, mostly.
>
> Mucho DPO work evident. Lots of previous BFH damage. The king pin dust
> cover was missing completely from one side, the other one was bent so it
> wouldn't come apart. The blue wrench got the old lower-inner bushings out.
> Only about 1/16" of play on the lower king pin bushings!
>
> Peter C. of World Wide Auto Parts sent me everything we needed, including two
> rebuilt front shox, so we were set for parts. One of my A-arms was in bad
> shape, and two more used ones from Kevin Valentine proved to be also bad, so
> a call to Frank Clarici and a short 5 hour drive to pick it up on Sunday. We
> took the king pin dust cover off one of Kevin's sets.
>
> We worked in the dark putting the right side back together Saturday night,
> after 14 hours of work. Sunday went much better, and the car is totally
> different. No clunking sounds and it it goes straight when crossing railroad
> tracks!
>
> I can't say enough about the members of this list. chuck christ, Larry Macy
> and Kevin Valentine gave two days and lots of sweat to help me for absolutely
> nothing. Frank C. supplied parts for free, and I know he would have been
> there if he could. Peter C. took my phone call and had everything we needed
> in my hands in a few days. (Cores and a check will be going back to Peter
> this week.)
>
> Thanks again to all you guys for a tiring, but successful weekend. Larry's
> car is in chuck's garage, in primer, waiting for new paint, probably today.
> Then reassembly will be later this week.
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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