[Shotimes] Time Sensitive Simple Suspension Swap

[Ian Fisher]

I used to blue loctite everything (including the pinch
bolts) like a good little boy. Now most of my car is
slathered in anti-seize.

After years of not breaking a pinch bolt, I finally
snapped the head off of a rear one. Oh what fun that
was! I destroyed the spindle when I drilled it out but
it didn't matter since I was replacing it anyway.

Ian


--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:

> I agree on paying someone else.....especially if you
> have never done it
> before.
> 
> And yes, the rear pinch bolts like to break for me,
> as they are smaller than
> the fronts (I've never broken a front one), plus
> most likely get more crud
> into the threads.
> 
> If someone does it themselves, you need to have a
> heat source to heat the
> pinch bolts (I use Mapp gas), a supply of carbide
> drills for drilling out
> the broken pinch bolt(s), and then I hog out the
> holes and use a grade 8
> bolt, nut, and washer rather than pulling off the
> knuckle and having it
> re-tapped.
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Mike Wojton
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 8:16 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Time Sensitive Simple
> Suspension Swap
> 
> In my opinion, if it really is time sensitive, then
> pay someone else
> to do it.  When I did the fronts on my '95, I broke
> a pinch bolt.  It
> took 3 extra days to get the job finished, including
> all the running
> around buying drill bits and finally dragging the
> whole assembly to a
> friends house to use his drill press.  I definitely
> didn't get it done
> in a weekend.  That's the only reason I haven't done
> the rears yet. 
> People tell me it's more common to break a rear
> pinch bolt than a
> front so there's no way I'm going to try it myself. 
> I'll pay someone
> else to do it.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Wojton
> Dover, PA
>  
>    -'95 White MTX
>       '96 Brake Upgrade
>       Eibachs (front)
>  
> "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/1/05, Bruce Malachuk <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>
> wrote:
> > You will need a pair of front strut bearings ($32
> a side from ford, can be
> > had a little cheaper aftermarket), Pair of front
> strut mounts (police or
> > otherwise), spring insulators for the bottom of
> the springs separate front
> > and rear, rear strut mounts 1 pair.
> > 
> > I know my local ford dealer has a pair of police
> rear mounts on the floor
> as
> > I ordered 2 too many, and as for everything else
> best to shop around.
> > 
> > What did you plan on using for struts and springs
> all the way around. I
> have
> > used cargo coils on sensatrac struts for one
> persons car, but the ride
> hight
> > was unbearable. We gut out a full coil and it
> still sat high all the way
> > around, well higher than my car with koni's and
> intrax. For the price the
> > cargo coils and sensatracs are good.
> > 
> > 
> > Bruce J Malachuk
> > 
> > *       94 Opal Frost MTX
> > *       93 Emerald Green MTX - SOLD
> > *       93 Black ATX - New Parts CAR
> > *       95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO -Buyer
> waiting
> > *       96 TR - Cam Failed parts car :-(
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Peter Maggiacomo
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:54 PM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Shotimes] Time Sensitive Simple
> Suspension Swap
> > 
> > Hey Guys... I need to do all 4 struts on my 95
> MTX.
> > I use the car on a sales route so time is
> sensitive.
> > What I had planned was to have 4 completed struts
> ready to go, when I pull
> > the old ones. What parts will I need besides the
> struts and springs.
> > I'd like to go heavy duty Police or similar. I
> carry wine in the passenger
> > compartment only, so the AC can keep it cool. I
> will be going with cargo
> > springs in the rear for this reason. As it is now
> the tail pipes are
> awfull
> > low to the ground when the car is empty. Ford must
> have used some pretty
> > wimpy springs in Gen II Taurus because you wont
> see a Nissan Maxima
> sagging
> > like that. Thanks.
> > -Pete
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