Rear suspension overhaul....

[JE Caudle]

The factory welds were horrible, I couldnt believe how bad this was.
Not rusted, just not welded"
Anyway, is the reinforcment welds I did enough???

Oh yeah, by the way , nice work sir!

Those are some fine looking welds!

 

[phantomjock]

Carsten -
Those look sharp. I got some Tatton's too - waiting to get as far along as as you have.
Curious - and I haven't got a reply from him yet.

What do you reckon a reasonable limit for extending the the slip half shafts would be?
Say move the track out an inch - or so? I am building making new uprights etc and could widen the track a bit with the flares etc.

Beauty.

Cheers - Jim

 

[MYBAD79]

Jim, the trailing arms are still limiting track width. The more you move the wheel out, the more toe in you get. The shafts have a few inches travel, I asked Curtis for 1/2" - 1" travel "in" at 13 7/8" length (stock half shaft length).

 

[phantomjock]

Yeah I gotta find my notes to him.
I'm elminating the TAs so won't have that issue. So that was my dumb question of the day -- well, maybe the first. !t was early!

Cheers - Jim

 

[JE Caudle]

Carsten -
Those look sharp. I got some Tatton's too - waiting to get as far along as as you have.
Curious - and I haven't got a reply from him yet.

What do you reckon a reasonable limit for extending the the slip half shafts would be?
Say move the track out an inch - or so? I am building making new uprights etc and could widen the track a bit with the flares etc.

Beauty.

Cheers - Jim

Jim do you have any photos of what you are doing?

 

[phantomjock]

JE - no pictures yet -- but I have a few diagrams (cheezy paintbrush mods) in my images.
When I get a bit closer will fire up a thread.

Cheers - Jim

 

[MYBAD79]

FINALLY back on the road..... well at least for a 20 minute test drive

It feels like very different car now, huge improvement although the alignment is only eyeballed and both rear brakes leak :bonkers::bonkers:

I'll have to check all the bleeders and the brake line connections, have a feeling I didn't tighten the lines.... :crap::crap:

 

[SmokinBBC]

Looks pretty darn nice!

 

[MYBAD79]

Finally got around to checking the brakes today... bleeder screws were leaking and I had to tighten them quiet a bit to stop the leak, brakes seem to be fine now..... took the '79 out for a 10 mile test drive: alignment is way off and it pulls to the right but other than that it's great, the rear suspension feels awesome.... I see a front monospring conversion in my future.....

 

[phantomjock]

ANY empty parking lots nearby - say Skid Pad?

Awesome Karsten.

While you're at its... The SPC Front Uppers are nice -- and adjustable too. With the longer BJs should really improve the front end too. Jealously watching yours completed.

Meanwhile, I got 1/2 of my rear diff remount done this weekend. Next the pinion end. (building a new mount - not the saddle)

Cheers - Jim

 

[Twin_Turbo]

That looks awesome would be awesome if you could test how it does on an off camber curve at high speeds. There's a curve like that in the highway here and there's a dip and a bump in it too. When driving hard, if the susp. unloads the rear becomes wiggly on the C3 after hitting the bump stops on the coil overs (needs stiffer springs even damn), it's kinda scary and easy to loose control there.

 

[69427]

Looking good Karsten!

 

[MYBAD79]

still didn't get the alignment done... but I already have my eyes on the front monospring kit. too bad it's not on sale anmore, I think it was around $700 not too long ago..

I put a few miles on the '79 and even without the alignment it feels really good

 

[damoroso]

Gotta feel good to drive it again!!:thumbs: