The Old Man's Garage "Cracka Barrel" Chevy Malibu stops by for front end Chassis Setup work!
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- čas přidán 14. 02. 2023
- Well you've seen the Street Racing Channel S10, and the Nova, and the Falcon, in our shop and on the alignment rack but this is a new one for us it's time to work on The Old Man's Garage Malibu and do some suspension work! The last time we had this car in the shop we were trying desperately to get the tiny 10 bolt Chevy rear end to stay together, this time we're doing some upgrades on the front end to help with lift weight transfer and running down the track.
Bill has brought us a host of parts to install, new taller upper balljoints, Moroso Trick Springs, new braided steel brake lines from Jegs, and a UMI Performance Bump Steer Kit. From what we've all seen on video, and from the very obvious wear on the front tires, some of these upgrades are desperately needed!
For those people who DON'T know this car, it's a 1979 Chevy Malibu "Ice Cream Getting Special", still retaining Air Condition, Power Steering, and Power Brakes. It still a full interior car, and in INCREDIBLE condition. While the motor has seen a serious upgrade over recent months to a very health 421ci small block Chevy it still maintains its cruiser and driver status. Very very cool car and something Bill and Vicki are both very proud of and enjoying, and rightly so.
For those interested in the part numbers of what we are working with
Speedway Ultra Upper Ball Joints
K5208 style
91720145-1
with Dust Boot
9100883
Jegs Braided Steel Brake Line
555-635300
Moroso Trick Front Springs
47205 - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Thank you guys for all you do to help my family!
Very welcome Sir, we are honored that you trust us with your rides and allow us our own little part of your team!
SRC support from Long Island. Morning Coffee third shift with The Old Man
I'm disappointed in the old man,bought a damn mustang,Give it away then have somebody kick you in you Arse lol,yaw need to stay away from Tony,he is rubbing off on yaw lol!!Good stuff Lucor for keeping these guys in a straight line and Safe!!!
Thank you for the great content and the world of knowledge you offer!
This is a great learning video. Wish you were closer to Pa. The Old Man stated that you had the part numbers for the front chasis upgrade. I'm needing the number for the ball joints and the Bump Steer links. Love all you guys channels. Thanks
Always a pleasure to watch Rich work world needs more Mechanics like him
Thanks Eric really appreciate that, if we could find another Rich around here we would hire him!
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Ur awesome doing those things for that family keep it up I love the videos
Thanks for the part numbers
Rich, you are a master at aligning race cars, no wonder why the whole SRC Team has you do all their cars/trucks!! Great job as always guys!!
Thanks Billy always appreciate you being here and supporting us! We've been fortunate in having an awesome customer base giving us a chance to work on some really awesome rides. Including the whole OMG / SRC family. Gotta keep these boys fast, straight, and safe!
@@LucoreAuto Right on!!
@Lucore Auto and LucoreRacing what modification to the caliper did you make to get the wheels to spin freely?
wanna see how to free spin brakes hook us up man lucore be cool dudes thanks man
Lol we may have to make a follow up video to show that off specifically since so many people seem to be interested in that trick 😉
I love that car...that guy and his team,Lucore included,know how to build a car...Cracka Barrel can haul the mail...
Thanks Patrick we are honored to be a small part of the OMG / SRC team. Gotta keep these boys doing what they do as safely as we can!
Thank you for sharing your magic!!
Very welcome thanks for watching! Just in the shop turning wrenches as best we can!
Thanks for the great workmanship on all the Car's
I like watching both of you guys channels you learn something different everytime and thanks for sure and God bless you guys
Great job guys as always! 💯
Thanks guys we appreciate it, nice to know some folks like watching what we do 😀
I wouldn't care if you were working on a little red wagon. I would still watch. What you guys do is quality work, and I enjoy watching someone who takes the time, effort, and care to make sure things are done right. As always awesome content, and thank you for sharing.
Great information appreciate it ✌️
great job...very professional,, nice to see no drama for a change .
Really like the brothers 😎
Great watching you work was really looking forward to see what you did to make calipers so free keep the videos and
Thanks rich great video 👍
gravity right off the bat i knew this was going to be a good one thanks Rich
Extremely impressive watching someone that takes a ton of pride in doing things the right way 😎😎
You guys do terrific work thanks for the video I really enjoyed it be nice if I lived closer to you I use you all the time
This is EXCELLENT stuff man!! Very very good!
Thanks Roger glad you like it! Whole lot of work going on here, glad it was at least a BIT watchable 😉
Thanks for sacrificing to take us on your travels , son & I usually work weekends & miss out cept for Friday after work practices, closest tracks are close to 2 hours away in 2 directions & your channel is great ❤ therapy for racing withdrawals
Good job Rich 👍
Thanks, just another day at work! 😀
Great shots of the sunset as the Malibu is pulled onto the alignment rack
Thanks Scott, had to leave that shot in 😉
...great video ! - your attention to detail & things being 'equal' is just awesome !...
Thanks Rollie, in these kinds of projects keeping things precise and equal is HUGE. More than anything in a "race car" you want consistency, and part of that is making sure everything is balanced and equal.
Nice job Rich!! You do a great job on those cars. Can't wait to see the other projects you have coming up. BOP is king! The Hoskinson family are good people and that's why I subscribed to your channel. Thanks for sharing
Nice work as always Rich very good workmanship
Thanks Bill! Just trying to do things the right way and maybe share a bit of wisdom along the way!
Love watching the videos and you’ll sharing the knowledge !
Thanks Ricky we try to find a comfortable balance between educating and entertaining 😀
@@LucoreAuto I think you got us covered on both.
Great job as always! Lucore 👍👍
Thank you Chris! And thanks for watching!
Thank you
Thanks for watching and supporting us Dave!
Rich your the best at these front end suspensions. The old Cracker Barrel Malibu should be great for his drag racing. ❤️💯
Great video
Great stuff.. And remember that you are talking to us and we are listening.. The look at the camera talk will probably never go away.. But it's all good. Like all we do is adjust and continue.
Great work as always Lucore Automotive!!
Thanks Rance, we appreciate it. Pretty dang lucky getting to work on all the cool rides we get to work on!
I always adjust steering wheel at bottom of column where slip shaft attaches to bottom of the column. Did it on c10 and my caprice
I'm retired now. Moreso diseabled. But i always wondered about doing alignment with aftetmarket add ons and changing suspension geometry then aligning it. And ive done hundreds of alignemnts in my time, but never with something like this.
This. is pretty interesting. Thank you.
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Wish I was closer to you all sure would take my stuff in to have it aligned for sure love the content
i had a 79 elco when i was learning caster the old man at work was teaching me position of ball joints forward and backward to get your caster right and i left shop still not understanding so stopped at beer store got a case of beer went home started drinking staring at my front end on my elco and picturing what he said that day and after case i figured it out lol next day done a 69 camero all new front end new everything i can say that was dead on best one i ever done canber 0ed out both side caster perfect with a neg 50 split for crown in road but its the proudest of all my alignments of my career
Love this channel! These guys have some of the best tech videos on the tube! 🤘🏼🔧🇺🇸
Thanks Landan really appreciate that! We just do what we can when we can and share a bit of it as we can, got a WHOLE lot of awesome coming in the shop to show off this year!
@@LucoreAuto sweet! Bill had mentioned that Rich has a little trick he does to the front brakes that reduces drag.. what exactly is being done? It’s not everyday that old factory brakes will free wheel so good!
Nice work guys! Looking forward too the follow up video on brake drag for my 64 Olds F85. Been fighting this issue as well.
I as well am looking forward to seeing how they got the brakes on Bills Malibu to spin so freely.
Very cool video
I've done 1,000s of brake jobs over the years as a mechanic as long as you clean and lube slide pins and surfaces make sure the pads don't rattle install all new hardware you'll be good to go if you noticed in bills video one wheel turned freer than the other wheel that's all you can do, as always Rich you do awesome work thanks for sharing your knowledge. God bless and as always be safe 👍
Another Great Video Team Lucore 😎💪💪
Easy to straighten the steering wheel. You toe the high side in an low side out equal amounts. It looked to me about a half turn each side. Toe stays the same .
I will be looking for the reduced brake drag video ... PLEASE , PLEASE .... do it soon.... Thank you
Thanks
I always made a tapered spacers in my lathe for that exact travel problem.
These kits should come with some various tapered spacers, this is a common issue and most guys make the mistake and grind the Heim
Yes sir
Thanks Dan!
I'm surprised that Malibu and trailer doesn't bounce you around in that nice c10, did I hear you say that the rear wheels of the truck come off the ground when u load? I'm just a young man so i don't know , please school me on why I'm probably an idiot thanks bill. Been here for years now. You and your family have helped me get through many times. Ty. And my baby boy loves thr Malibu, vroom vroom. 1 23 goooooo he yells at the TV. Thanks agajn
I notice you have a challenger lift, maybe they would be interested in sponsoring some of your videos!! I know nothing about that stuff but I have seen them sponsor other CZcams channels! Who knows but for what it’s worth I think y’all are deserving of something of similar sorts!! Good luck and thank you for another great video!!
Love to watch your videos would like to see your trick how are you keep the brake pad away from the rotor
When I drop a bolt, I fight gravity with magnetism.
I'm sure Bill will drive this thing so gingerly, like he always does...just a little faster! 😂
Ohhh we're SURE he'll be nice and gentle with it 😉
I had a Malibu just like that one dang put a 30 over camel hump headed engine in her was fun
Good day Bill,I'm a old man also love the Malibu. The only thing that I see in your videos that I see and drives me crazy is I'm crazy about details. If you would please get krylon Kenny to paint the hood latch black and not the color of the hood. As a person that has painted and detailed cars for years. The hood release or latch should be black. Sorry if I'm just being picky but everything else on the car I agree on. But please get krylon Kenny to paint it 🙏 thanks keep up the great content 👍.
For some reason when I see you I think of bill laimbeer.
Would love to work for you guys, but I live in Texas. 25 years in a front end shop, done hundreds of drag and circles track alignments.
I was going to ask you how you like the Hunter quick heads before I saw it fall off 😆
I work at a Chevy dealer and man do I miss the old style clamp on heads.
Need t shirts made Gravity Strikes Again !
Hey guys I came over from the old man’s garage channel and I was very curious on the trick to make the front wheels spin so freely. I am struggling with dragging brakes on my c10 and wondering if you could give any tips to make them like bills… lol… I saw in your video here that you tap the brake clips to make them tight… is that all it takes? I believe mine are tight but I could be wrong… thanks in advance!
Came over to see the low drag brake trick and either I missed it or it wasn’t in here but was curious how you got them front wheels to roll so good
Following, also wanna see brake drag fix
Following for brake drag info.
Following also for brake drag info.
Following for low brake drag trick
Same this is also what I came for
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Thanks Travis, happy to have you here! Feel free to look around 😉
Wow
Did you guys show what you did to bills brakes? My fronts stick bad on my 81 Malibu I was hoping you guys would
Share what you did
You probably already know but if your out of shims and you needed more camber moof used to make an offset upper shaft where you could add shims back in it
Moog
you remind me so much of my brother who passed two years ago at 57 im not saying you look 57 but your work ethics are identical to what my brother was and his favorite job ever was frontend alignment's and brakes he was trained and very intune to doing his best at every job he did, so watching your thoroughness brought back memories of watching him . its nice to see that we still have guys out there working and caring about their performance thank you Rich
Rich, how do you stop the front discs from "dragging"? What's the secret to the free spinning modification that you did to Bill's brakes?
great video like the channel! what brand tool is the coil spring compressor? part # thanks
We've actually got a follow-up video to this one that we I THINK include that in. This unfortunately was just the first "phase" 😕
OTC 7045B is the part number 👌
I have some experience with doing alignment I am not an expert but doing an alignment with tires that I wore out did not sound like a good idea
Bill explained there is a trick that Rich does with the brakes to really minimize the drag.. what exactly is being done to achieve that?
I miss the door closing ending.
Haven't used the opening and closing in quite a while, could bring those back if people like 🤔
What spring compressor is that please? Couldn’t find one to work with my Trick Springs on a GM?
Curious , will replace big the springs change the alignment ? Or do you have to realign after swapping a different set in ? Awesome videos as always .
Follow up video coming tomorrow actually 😉 Glad you enjoyed the video!
All that work and didn’t he decide not to use those springs because it was sitting too low? Also interested in how you keep the brakes spinning so freely
How did you adjust his brakes to the cars rolls a lot better?
What was the trick to make the brakes not drag??
Y’all need talk bill into Dakota digital dash for his truck so he can stop running out of gas lol
Lol that's probably not going to be hard to talk him into with one or two more issues 😉
What's the trick u did to the brakes to make the wheels roll freely on stock calipers
I'm gonna need to see the brake mod for no brake drag...
Looking good what mod did you do to the brakes to allow the wheels to spin freely like they do
All we not sharing that mod ,lol
Well, ain't much of a mod, but I crimp the ears of the outer pad tight enough to require squeezing them into place, clean the slider pins spotless and use silicone based brake lube on them, and verify the pistons move into the caliper bores VERY easily. Basic GM brake job stuff.
Was really hoping you’d show the caliper/rotor mod.
Tighten up the spring tabs in the pads is what I saw……. Not sure if that was the trick.
What kind of spring compressor is that.
Noticed you did alignment with wear on front tires...all the shops here in KC say it is impossible to do proper alignment, caster, camber, and toe in with worn tires...have not had any work done by any of them.
Ideally yes you would do an alignment dial in with brand new tires, it doesn't make a HUGE difference on front runners like these but it does make a difference. We can compensate for that as we are setting the specs.
In this case it also helps to visualize the issues this car was having. Nothing shows an alignment issue quite as well!
So what is the trick for the wheels to spin so freely ? I watched it and must have missed it
Probably should move that noisy compressor out side would make your videos more watchable and reduce noise pollution in the shop just saying .
U didn't show the less drag brake trick??
I have a question and hope it’s not stupid. Whenever I have had a car that was wearing the tires, I was told to put new tires on before a new alignment. Just wondering thanks for the videos. Hello from Oklahoma.
Not a stupid question at all. Ideally yes we would do the alignment with a brand new set of tires but this helps everyone truly see and understand the issues and we can compensate for when new tires are on it as we set up the alignment.
Definitely not a stupid question.
Thanks for the reply
As a mechanic, i was always taught that the tire has no bearing on not being able to align a vehicle because it goes off the rim. As long as all your moving parts have no movement in them then it shouldnt matter if the tire is worn.
I feel like he should have replaced the front tires before you did the alignment
Certainly wouldn't have been a bad idea BUT it helps to illustrate just how bad it was with them still on. Imagine he'll have new front runners on it SOON
Quicky get the groceries is an understatement. Great job Rich!!
Bill
And yes I understand that bill is only trying to get too much done too fast he did take the time to bring you some parts some worked out and some did not I understand all that
Whats the trick to cut the drag down ?
We show it a little bit in this video, with how many people are interested we may have to make another follow up video
@@LucoreAuto for sure
I realize that bill has given you somewhat of a recipe for disaster LOL not really you need to make sure that you take a chisel and a hammer and have someone stand on the brakes and knock the outer aisle it down over the couch so that holds it to it then it won't clap and it will release and Free Will under heat if that pad gets caught they could easily stop the motion of release and then make the caliper overheated and it will just stay stuck and on all the time as you know I learned that from raybestos class that I've gone to more than one of them but anyway I just thought I would mention it of course everybody has an opinion and this is mine I believe I have the right to it so I hope you're not offended
So what was done to make front rotors spin freely?
With the caliper and pads on and bolted down use something to apply pressure making the pad on the outside tight against the caliper and force the pad guides down against the caliper so that the pad will not move or rattle , that's how to adjust freewheel spin and also keeps the pads from being so tightly against the rotor moreless all your doing is same as valve lash but with rotor and pads ,,does that make sense? Kinda hard to explain but hope you understand what I'm meaning.
I used springs to separate the pressure from brake pads to rotor.
I know some model cars use springs aka pad spreaders from factory, I guess I'll find a universal kit to apply to a car I have.
Did I miss what he did to front brakes to give it almost zero drag Bill showed on his channel ?
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Where's the brake trick!!!😫
Couldn't you take off the pitment arm and move them around a fue teeth
Great Content and Video, I think people should Like And Subscribe
If interested in this opportunity to be knowledgeable in Alignments of performance vehicles
Great Content Rich
Have a Great Day 👍
God Bless America 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
This does not look l
Anything like a flat rate type job.
Maybe get him to spend some money on front tires.what the hell