Alexander Bilan wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
 AB> Heres a small addemendum to my previous post on K-frame
 AB> bushings; 
 AB> I was ramblin on;
> We don't either really.  This will be the chance for all those Mopar or
>no car fanatics to speak up with some exact specs. =) They should be ashamed
>if a Chevy man has to tell them what their k-frame bushings look like. ;)  
 AB> Okay, now that I test fitted the foot-in-mouth =)
 AB> some other notes;
 AB> -the k-frame bushings affect a number of things
 AB> -alignment (the front suspension is hung off the k-frame)
 AB> -steering (the steering box is bolted to the k-frame)
Yep,  they had to spend a *lot* of time trying to align this puppy.  Steering 
pulls to the right,  and has ever since they worked on it.
 AB> -those bushings are HUGE.
Yeah,  they're pretty good-sized.
 AB> -there are polyurethane aftermarket bushings for some, but not 
 AB> all applications.
I'll have to look into this.
 AB> -Mopar Performance sells a cast iron bushing elimination kit.   
 AB> -requires steering shaft modifications (u-joint required ala 
 AB> street rod) 
That doesn't sound like something I want,  then.
 AB> --the solid mounts are only some 2 inches thick so the k-frame 
 AB> is reposistioned.
Yikes!
 AB> -quite frankly, a race, or low use vehicle item as no vibration 
 AB> or noise isolation will exist.
Not for me,  then.
 AB> I suspect if you want minimal work, you're going to have to get 
 AB> replacements, or make some reasonably close reproductions 
 AB> yourself. (So, the hockey pucks and Nova bushing stack are out 
 AB> of the picture)  
I'm looking...
 AB> If you decide to drive until they fall out, you might find 
 AB> yourself with a bent steering shaft, and a front end that 
 AB> wobbles any which way. 
At this point I'm hoping to be able to keep driving this car until I get my 
truck on the road,  but the more I look at that the more it looks like it's 
going to take,  so I don't really have much of a handle when that's gonna be. 
After winter,  at least...
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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