8—FRONTWHEELSUSPENSION
CHRYSLERSERVICEMANUAL
Removethemountingbracketfromtheshock
absorbereyeusingToolC-3413.Pressmount-
ingbracketandbushingoutofeye.Themount-
ingbracketandbushingareservicedasan
assemblyonly.
Toinstalla newmountingbracketandbush-
ing,refertoFigure2 and3,andproceedas
follows:
Positionthenewmountingbracketsothat
mountingholesareata rightangletoshock
absorber.UsingToolC-3413,pressmounting
bracketintoeyeuntilcentered.
CAUTION
Alwayspressagainststeelsleevetoavoiddam-
agetotheassembly,asshowninFigure3.
b.
Installation
Extendshockabsorberpistonrodtoitsfull
travel,andslidelowercupwasher(concave
sideup)overrodanddownintoposition.
Slideshockabsorberupthroughopeningin
springseatintoposition,(beingsuretheex-
tendedpistonrodenterssteelsleevethrough
upperbushing).
Installtwomountingbracketboltstolower
controlarmandtighten35foot-poundstorque.
Installcupwasher(concavesidedown)over
pistonrodanddownonbushing.Installnut,
tightento35foot-poundstorque,withupper
andlowerconcavewashersbottomagainststeel
sleeve.
TOOL
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3—RemovingorInstallingMountingBracket
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Fig.
4—UpperControlArmPivotBarInstalled
2.
REMOVALANDDISASSEMBLYOFUPPER
CONTROLARM(REFERTOFIG.1 AND4)
Iftheupperorlowercontrolarm,orpivot
barsareseverelydamaged,a completeupperor
lowercontrolarmassemblyshouldbeinstalled.
Basically,theuppercontrolarmremainsthe
sameasthoseusedinpreviousmodels,however,
the1956armisapproximately14inchwider
andismountedtotheframewithtwoboltsin-
steadoffour.Duetothesechanges,themethod
ofcenteringpivotbarissomewhatdifferentin
thatwecannolongeruseToolC-608forlo-
catingcenter.Itcanbeusedtomaintainthe
setdimensionofuppercontrolarmwhennew
pivotbarbushingsareinstalled.
Removedirtorgreasearoundshockabsorber
uppermountingarea.Raisecarbyplacinga
jackorsupportunderlowercontrolarmand
removefrontwheelandtireassembly.
Loosenlockingscrewandremoveuppercon-
trolarmtosteeringknucklesupportpin.Re-
movepivotbartoframeattachingboltsand
removebaranduppercontrolarm.
Cleanpartsthoroughlyina suitablesolvent
andblowdrywithcompressedair.Pivotbar,
bushings,pinsealandthreadedsectionofcon-
trolarmmustbethoroughlyinspectedforwear.
Replacepartsasnecessary.
3.
INSTALLATIONOFUPPERCONTROLARM,
PIVOTBARS,BUSHINGSANDDUSTSEALS
(REFERTOFIG.4 AND5)
Centerthepivotbarwithdustsealsinstalled
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