FRONT SUSPENSION REBUILD KIT

Efforts to remove the torsion bars from the front suspension have been unsuccessful. A special tool is needed which clamps to the bar then is hit with a hammer to dislodge the bars from their mounts. We of course don’t have such a tool. This web site posting http://www.4secondsflat.com/torsionbarremoval.html describes how to make such a tool and how it should be used. The picture shown is out of the 68 Charger / Coronet / Dart Service Manual.

After checking with various car parts stores and the local Chrysler Dealer an internet search was made for the tool. A business named Just Suspension http://www.justsuspension.com/1A_oldsite/tools.htm sells a torsion bar removal tool. The tool was ordered.

The picture above shows the front end suspension rebuild kit plus heavy duty tie rod ends ordered from Performance Suspension Components http://www.performancesuspension.com/. It’s important to know when ordering this kit that the sway bar bushings are not preinstalled in brackets. The old bushings are held in place by two piece welded brackets which will need to be cut apart to remove the old bushing then re-welded after replacing them with the new brackets.

Those larger boxes shown in the picture above are not part of the front suspension rebuild kit. They contain a new Classic Auto Air “Perfect Fit” In Dash heat / cool / defrost system designed for 1968-71 Chrysler “B” body vehicles. We will be installing the system in our 1968 Dodge Coronet shortly.