Finished up the suspension rebuild on my '55 Studebaker coupe today (old
style kingpin front end - has rubber bushings on the inside of the
control arms and trunions with threaded steel bushings on the outside) -
installed a new lower trunion on the pass. side, and all new rubber
bushings (left the upper trunion alone as it felt tight and worked
freely.)  Put everything together, dropped it on the ground, and the
passenger side suspension is bound up tight!  Doesn't move a bit.  Any
ideas why that could be?  My friend JP is thinking that it has to do
with a slight misalignment we noticed when putting the upper and lower
control arms back together at the knuckle (since I didn't replace the
upper trunion, I dont think the kingpin is perfectly centered in the
control arm - the driver's side went together like butter because I'd
had both of those trunions apart) but I think that the rubber bushings
should take that up OK.  JP disconnected the shock but that isn't the
problem.  I'm fairly certain there's no tools left in strategic
locations...   I had to quit at that point because it was about 97
degrees out and the power had gone out so I didn't even have a fan
blowing on me, it was damned hot.  But I'm out of clues as to what to
check next time I have a chance to work on it.  I was really hoping to
get it aligned next weekend... :/

thanks for any ideas

nate