55 Chevy Gasser - Suspension Tear Down
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2019
- In this video I tear down the whole front suspension to be cleaned and painted. It's going back together will all new ball joints and bushings. I bought a set of big block Chevelle springs to hopefully lift the front end a few inches for a nose high stance.
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I dropped a big block 396 back in the early 70s in my 56 Chevy Hearst used to make a kit to do this and in their instructions they told you just to bang the firewall in around 3 inches to clear the right back of the head It actually comes out pretty smooth using a small sledgehammer 10 minute job over the years we used to buy big blocks from wrecked Chevelle’s and drop them the shoebox as these cars Were all over the place ! I must have known at least five guys out here on Long Island who totaled out their Chevelle‘s and just bought a clean 55 And use their parts to get back in the game
Haha no way that's awesome! I really wanna keep the firewall stock. Well see how ugly it gets. That's for the support!
Man great job on your build! I bout a 4 door bel air 6 year ago to do a 2 door conversation and just been sitting in shop your video is motivating me to get started!!! You sure have patience to explain and work at the same time!! Thanks for making video.....
Awesome man! Glad I can help out. Gotta keep em out of the scrap yards.
DD Speed Shop I did my first one 7 years ago but couldn’t find the 2 door pillars for the doors so had to fab everything for that. This one I have everything like yours ..
I know i aint telling you anything but with those riveted ball joints i take an air hammer and a nice sharp flat chisel to them and knock the heads off the rivets. Than take a punch and knock the rivets right out. Makes for a fast clean job!
Great vid man, i felt overwhelmed just seeing the work ahead, glad im past that phase,but you know what! I love that stuff, t
Its all about the passion
I know the feeling! Gotta stay on it otherwise they turn into storage nightmares.
So easy to work on back in the day.👍
Your doing a really good job on the car
Thanks man! Really appreciate the support!
@@DDSpeedShop your welome man and I love watching it to learn how to work on them old cars
Frame came out really nice! Those bushing are a pain. An air chisel is supposed to work well. For Getting them out haven't tried it though. Might want to think about distributor clearance as well. Depending on what type you go with. Most go with the small cap. But I like the Large cap Hei. Easy to get parts for and pretty much trouble free. I had to take a hammer and dolly. To make clearance for it. But it's easy to get a dolly and hammer in there. with the motor out and the small trans cover removed. Little filler and paint and it never happened.
Yeah I'm gunna try to set the motor ahead a little. I'd like to keep the firewall stock if I can
Nice work man 👍🏽👍🏽💯
I just did a front end rebuild on my Chevelle, video coming soon! Project looks good.
Nice! I'll have to check it out man
if you don't mind me asking do you do this for you job or do you have another job. also keep up the awesome work its looking really good.
Just a hobby. I have a day job. Thanks man.
Great video .what is that brake booster out of .I got one out of a 3rd gen Camaro but the rod looks to be to short though.
I think it's out if a gbody. Not to sure it came with the car.
Instead of rebuilding that old suspension why you get you a front clip from an 80's Camaro and graft it on. You are a excellent welder so that would not be to much trouble for you.That way you get disk brakes and a sway bar plus they drive a lot better.
Thanks man! I've never had a tri five before so I wanted to rebuild the front en stock. I might end up putting a different front clip on down the road. Thanks for the tip and the support!