Re: T-L Front upper control arm bushings R&R

Posted by Ross On 2013/2/15 22:45:32

The float in the control valve (Bendix 4-hose system, not Monroe)can be easily checked and minimized: just take off the little sheet metal cover on the outer end of the contol valve. Tighten the nut you find there til it is only snug, then back it off just a hair, maybe 1/8 turn, til the bolt that nut is on will move side to side a tad. After many years and many hands diddling it might be a lot looser than that and translates directly into lost motion. It should be a self locking nut. If any question about its integrity, replace it or double nut it.

A good working Bendix system is almost indistiguishable from very light manual steering.