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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / August 2006Front End Needs Work
The mechanic doing the safety would not pass the Hawk. Needs upper and Lower control arm bushings. There is quite a bit of play in the front wheels. He is recommending the entire front end. Front springs are weak also, the lower control arm is parallel to the road surface and the car is riding low. Are Fairborns Front springs different from Stude Int. I would like to put in the Super Hawk springs. Are these just the Heavy duty springs? There is a $50 difference. Should I just cut to the chase and purchase the "special front suspension kit" from Stude International? Allen  Signature1964 GT Hawk * R2 Engine Wanted Oakville, Ontario > The mechanic doing the safety would not pass the Hawk. Needs upper and Lower > control arm bushings. There is quite a bit of play in the front wheels. He is [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Allen If you are on a budget you can probably get by with just the new rubber bushings, upper kingpin thrust bearings, and lower kingpin seals. how lucky do you feel? I highly recommend the HD springs, but I'm not sure who sells what. nate Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel Try SASCO for the springs and parts, the kit is way too expensive. >> The mechanic doing the safety would not pass the Hawk. Needs upper and >> Lower [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > nate SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 Daytona HT 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 GT Hawk 63 Avanti R1/AC gold 63 Avanti R1/AC Silver 63 Avanti R2/4 speed 62 Lark convert/4 speed 60 Lark convert 62 Lark 2 door 60 Hawk 56 Power Hawk/4speed/289 52 Starliner 51 Commander Not very lucky. Road Safety is a huge deal up here. I want to do it right and I'm sure the safety mechanic will want it done right too. >> The mechanic doing the safety would not pass the Hawk. Needs upper and Lower >> control arm bushings. There is quite a bit of play in the front wheels. He is [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >nate Signature1964 GT Hawk * R2 Engine Wanted Oakville, Ontario I didn't mean like that, I meant that if the suspension was kept properly greased, the trunnions and kingpin bushings are probably fine. Even if the kingpin bushings are a little worn this is not a huge safety issue as they can't fail catastrophically like ball joints can. The thing is, you won't know until you can get in there, and if you don't order everything you will need something you didn't order; and if you do order everything you will find everything in good condition except for the common wear items (basically the stuff I said you'd need.) Of course, there are exceptions, like my '55 coupe, where the lowers were seized up and actually snapped the lock pin and wore out the lower knuckle... I really did have to go through the whole suspension on that car. nate > Not very lucky. Road Safety is a huge deal up here. I want to do it right and > I'm sure the safety mechanic will want it done right too. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Message posted via CarKB.com > http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/studebaker/200608/1 Thanks Nate. Yep is Murphy's law. What I don't order I'm going to need. I'm ordering the king pin bushing kit, Upper outer and inner pin bushings and Lower outer and inner bushings. For the extra $25 bucks I'm going to order the sway bar bushings too. I am going to use the HD front springs also. Wait and See I may need those King pins yet ! Canadian Studebaker here in Ontario has every thing but the swaybar bushings and the springs. If I need the king pins they are a day away for a good used set. I'm passing on the tie rod ends right now since I have to go and buy a Mig Welder to patch a couple of small holes in the driver's side floor. I'm just going to cut out a 6x4" patch. I always was looking for a good excuse to buy a mig. Just have to sneek it in the garage like I did with the Hawk! Looks like JP's carpet set is on hold for a day or two. >I didn't mean like that, I meant that if the suspension was kept >properly greased, the trunnions and kingpin bushings are probably fine. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> Message posted via CarKB.com >> http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/studebaker/200608/1 Signature1964 GT Hawk * R2 Engine Wanted Oakville, Ontario |
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