Re: 1956 Packard Patrician Rebuild Project
Posted by Troy Taylor On 2014/7/5 18:18:42
Back to Kind of bad. When messing with the T/L, I did notice that the rear load arm appeared to be cocked and not true in the bracket. Of course after getting unloaded and broke loose, still can not get the Load Bar to tap out of the arms. I have destroyed two 1" brass drifts and even rounded a steel bar beating on those things. Hate to say it but might have to cut yet.
Took a break from the T/L and began taking the Control arms apart so I can put them in an Electrolysis tank I build for de-rusting. In doing so, the bushings were defiantly shot and the inner sleeve was almost worn through. The right side is so out of whack, the top control pin is actually bent (a little hard to see in the pic). Front and Rear shocks frozen, upper and lower control arm shafts frozen, could not rotate with a steel bar. Took awhile but finally got them broken loose then taken apart. Had to Carefully cut the old bushing out rusted solid to the control arm and the shaft rusted to the inner spacer.
I went back to the frame and really looked at the T/L bars and they themselves have quite a bend in them and hit the top of the frame in the front frame hole, and the rear is hitting the bottom. If you step back, you can see the bow in the bar.
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Took a break from the T/L and began taking the Control arms apart so I can put them in an Electrolysis tank I build for de-rusting. In doing so, the bushings were defiantly shot and the inner sleeve was almost worn through. The right side is so out of whack, the top control pin is actually bent (a little hard to see in the pic). Front and Rear shocks frozen, upper and lower control arm shafts frozen, could not rotate with a steel bar. Took awhile but finally got them broken loose then taken apart. Had to Carefully cut the old bushing out rusted solid to the control arm and the shaft rusted to the inner spacer.
I went back to the frame and really looked at the T/L bars and they themselves have quite a bend in them and hit the top of the frame in the front frame hole, and the rear is hitting the bottom. If you step back, you can see the bow in the bar.
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