Mustang Suspension Upgrades

bric — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:59:16 +0000

Now, where were we? So the rear end is in and hooked up, along with the driveshaft, or at least I that’s where I think I was. Anyway, as far as the front end goes, in order to install the larger steering components to go along with the 1 1/4″ sway bar, the shop, a.k.a. I, had to go back to the yard to obtain some cheap parts, wich I found out of a 67 mustang, mostly the centerlink and idler arm, though if one wants to go this way one must also change the gearbox to compensate for the larger pitman arm spline diameter, for this you will need an early 67 box, and don’t cut the steering shaft, pull the wheel off, it goes all the way up. Now, once that is obtained, to complete the five lug conversion I found a set of 70 mustang from spindle and brake assemblies, shich were subsequently rebuilt and installed using ball joints and such from PST, who make a very good product. make sure you get the right upper ball joints to go with the “a” arm, four or three bolt. and the 65 ball joints are the same as the 70, the difference is in the outer tie rod end. Now there we went with a 70 outer tie rod end and coupled it to 68 inners, both of which had to be cut down to allow for adequate toe out, and the intermediate c onnector had to be trimmed as well.

Add in heavy duty coil springs, custom from PST, with a two week lead, so don’t get in a hurry here, new shocks courtesy of NAPA, and some grease, and you have a complete front end. Oh, and for the V8 you need the old 289 motor mounts too. I believe that this is the whole job now, and as one can see it is a bit of work, but nothing that the resourceful mechanic can’t handle.

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Mustang Suspension Upgrades