What Did You Do to Your 911 Today?

[rstrahota]

On a SoCal day like today I just had to take the car for an early evening drive in the hills.......... about 50 miles worth.....

Ok, Chuck... thats just mean!
(my car is blocked by a mountain of snow that looks like it will be here though mother's day!)
ds

[Jens]

Dick, I was thinking the same thing. Nice Chuck!

I just might pull my white car out and start it, then hope there's enough traction to get it back into the shop.

[Chuck Miller]

Ok, Chuck... thats just mean!

I was thinking the same thing. Nice Chuck!

Sorry guys...

The good news is... Lots of us have put our long pants away and are in shorts again... expecting high 80's today...

The bad news is... We're in such a drought I heard if CA. got non-stop rain for 3 months the 'needle' would just start to move...


Anyway, today it's time to repaint the sun-faded west facing exterior wall of the garage... and so it goes

[Xavier PJB]

continued to dismount the suspensions. I have 2 questions :
1- Do i need to buy a new torsion bar or can it be repaired (see pic) ?
2- the front suspension are stuck with the ball joint, even if the threaded pin is remove - any tricks ?

[smedley]

Torsion bars are a stressed member of critical importance. The physical dynamics on a round object in torsion is fascinating as virtually 80-90% 0f the load is carried in the outer 10% of the object.
So!........even scuffed or surface rusted torsion bars are at risk of fracture...and do so in the rust belt of the US. They scuff from sitting off center on the A-arm with worn out rubber.

Short answer on repair..NO! Hell NO!

I'm just guessin' you need new ball joints.....so they're disposable. Heat the end of the strut around the ball joint peg and POUND! You might try some penetrating oil (Wurth Rostoff) for a day or two, but heat and impact will separate.

[Xavier PJB]

Torsion bars are a stressed member of critical importance. The physical dynamics on a round object in torsion is fascinating as virtually 80-90% 0f the load is carried in the outer 10% of the object.
So!........even scuffed or surface rusted torsion bars are at risk of fracture...and do so in the rust belt of the US. They scuff from sitting off center on the A-arm with worn out rubber.

Short answer on repair..NO! Hell NO!

I'm just guessin' you need new ball joints.....so they're disposable. Heat the end of the strut around the ball joint peg and POUND! You might try some penetrating oil (Wurth Rostoff) for a day or two, but heat and impact will separate.

Greetings Mark, will let you know

Xavier

[Xavier PJB]

oh too bad. Im happy to send you some if wd40 is all you guys have over there! surely you have a better penetrant?

Cheers Kris, I have managed to handle it :-)

[Silverbullit]

Truly! You are a man with patience and skill.

Would this be like brain surgery through the rectum? (in some cases not such a big deal as the proximity is close)

Very funny and quite true.
I could have used this chuckle yesterday….

[Eminence Gris]

Drove her to the gas station. First drive since assembling the major components. Fighting a bad idle, but otherwise nearly ready to take to Johnson's and get rid of that positive rear camber!

[cwrawk]

Drove her to Mt. Wilson Observatory. All the way up and down an hour and 20 minutes not a car in front of me!!!!!! It was my lucky day. Has to be one if the best drives in all of LA.