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04-24-2008, 07:38 PM
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A squeek averted, ever more
When we first rebuilt Michelles 87 Targa I used the best parts available, slobbered on the silicon grease and off we went. Soon the damn car began to squeek like PK paying .50 more than he has to for a bargin. So, I began the repair.
To do this I had to remove the "A" Arms (first pic) which came from (pic 2 and 3). The removal was aided by the fact I used antisieze when I assembled it the first time. The ball joint nut came right off. Then off to Matt DeMaria at Stuttgart Performance Engineering (301) 948-6762, who likes to study (pic 4) before he works at lathing the things down to a proper size (pic 5). Assembeling took a special ball joint socket (pic 6) and a big torque wrench. How it is done to get to 184 ft lbs (pic 7). Test drive was squeek free. Nice to drive now. ARF
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04-24-2008, 07:51 PM
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Cool! Luckally I didn't have to go through that...
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04-24-2008, 08:28 PM
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nicely done!
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04-25-2008, 08:41 AM
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Hey, Thats a really early Monarch 10EE! Cool.
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04-25-2008, 08:57 AM
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rather than using grease on polyurethane bushings, as I'd had problems with squeaking in the past, when I rebuilt the front end on my old Scirocco I just tried an idea I had - I got a tube of powdered graphite, sanded the bushings lightly with fine sandpaper, and rubbed graphite into them until they were a uniform pencil color. Car remained squeak free until I sold it several years later.
nate
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04-25-2008, 09:04 AM
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Good idea. Anybody else tried this? Not that I'm going to take em apart again.
ARF
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OldTee Sold 79 911SC 1/2 87 Carrera (I fix daughter drives) 1991 Corvette Need locks don't use H & H Lock Company Capital One is the pits!
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