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67 THUNDERBIRD BALLJOINT REMOVELE AND INSTALL INSTALL
67 THUNDERBIRD BALLJOINT REMOVELE AND INSTALL MANUAL
67 THUNDERBIRD BALLJOINT REMOVELE AND INSTALL FREE

This nut must be removed first as the bolt is keyed. These must be subject to tremendous stress as they are rather small and must transfer every shock of the wheel to the spring. These are brass bushings with zerk grease fittings. Let's take a look at the saddle spring bushings. Insert the bolt and this component is complete. Here I am squishing the rubber, no harm was done but you may want to put a thin piece of steel or wood on the vice jaw. I have media blasted and painted the lower control arm. I have a cheap little 6" vice and was able to get it out. Use a large socket as a receiver and a smaller socket as a pusher and press it out in a vice. Top view of the lower control arm bushing. This will also remove the camber shims, not shown.

Remove the control arm from the body by removing the large and small nuts inward under the car. The ball joint is also secured underneath these bolts in addition to the three bolts around the ball joint itself. To remove the control arm, remove the nuts under the large square head bolts that connect the strut rod. Remove the two nuts on the shaft and remove the A-arm.

67 THUNDERBIRD BALLJOINT REMOVELE AND INSTALL FREE

Use a pickle fork to free the spindle from the ball joints and tie rod end. To remove the spindle, remove the nuts on the upper and lower ball joints and the tie rod end. Remove them and lift the saddle out of the arm. There are two nuts for each saddle under the A-arm. Here is the old spring compared to the new one.Īt this point, I decided to remove the spring saddle.

67 THUNDERBIRD BALLJOINT REMOVELE AND INSTALL INSTALL

If you are going to install a new spring, place the spring in a vice and carefully unscrew the compressor. If you are going to reinstall the same spring, just keep it in a safe place. Once the spring is free from the saddle, carefully remove it and set it aside. I just put a pair of locking pliers on the spring to keep it from rotating. Eventually, the spring will get loose and start to rotate. So I used a socket and extension and then began tightening the fine thread on the compressor shaft. The instructions say not to use an impact wrench on the threaded shaft. Lubricate the threaded rod with anti-seize compound and insert it through the hole in the fork and thread it onto the bottom arms. Insert the upper fork as high on the spring as possible. Position it as far down on the spring as possible. Drop the longer arm first down the hole at the top of the shock tower. You will see that the bottom piece has two arms. I used the OEM 27035 rented from Autozone. Remove the four nuts behind the plate and remove the plate, cylinder, and hose as a unit. Take a photo so that you remember where everything goes.ĭisconnect the brake line fitting and remove the clip. Remove the bearing grease cap and remove the nut and front hub. I have new shoes to correct this problem. Here I have some incorrect shoes that are lacking holes for two of the retainer springs at the bottom. I cannot remember what happened five minutes ago. Unless you have a great memory, I suggest using marked sandwich bags for the fasteners. Next, Remove the upper bumper by removing the four bolts. Then remove the nut on the bottom of the shock absorber and pull it out from the top. Here are the parts of the lower control arm:įirst, remove the fender brace at the cowl and shock tower, top shock absorber nut, and shock tower brace bracket in the engine compartment. With the spring removed, here are the parts of the upper A-arm. Here is an overall view of the assembled old suspension.

Typical hand tools sockets, wrenches, pliers.

So I ordered another one knowing it would match one of the two I already had and sent the odd one back. I bought all of the parts individually rather than as a kit because I found even the "complete kits" are still missing items that you will need.Ģ stabilizer end link kits. As you will see below, the shaft is probably worn out too. If you buy this as a kit, make sure you don't just get the end bushings. Some sellers have kits that just include the bushings. So you may find yourself placing two orders or more.Ģ upper control arm (A-arm) shaft kits. Prices can vary significantly from different suppliers and some suppliers do not have all of the items to complete the job. Here is a shopping list of what you need to do both sides.

67 THUNDERBIRD BALLJOINT REMOVELE AND INSTALL MANUAL

They can be found in the manual on page 8-32.

There are also a lot of torque specifications for all of the suspension fasteners. Although all of this is in Section 8 of the manual, it is nice to have clear color photographs to document the procedure. Once I knew all of the terminology, I was able to order all the correct parts I needed to rebuild it. I didn't really have a grasp of what and where all the parts were until I started digging into it. This may be an easy repair for others, but this was new territory for me. I came across the photos and thought I should get them posted here for the record.