What are you doing with your ebody this weekend?

[brads70]

looks like its time to rebuild my front end. 

went driving around today, and noticed at slow speed, like rolling up to a light, the front end wags back and forth a bit, not severe, but you see it.
and sometimes, when cruising 40 - 50 the front end vibrates slightly. i can feel it in the wheel slightly as well. looks like i got a " shaker" hood, 'cept its all of it! its more prominent on the drivers side as far as i can tell. tires arent wearing wierd either.
im leaning toward ball joints. bearings are new, and i did new inner and outer ends.
i dont have a front sway bar, and i want to put one on., but then i have to find some lowers c/arms to take one right?

woo hoo, lets get this year rolling!!

 

Hey I thought all 74's came with sway bars no? I'm surprised!

[wagesofsin]

Hey I thought all 74's came with sway bars no? I'm surprised!

me too!!!

i have one for the back, but..... no front   

[quapman]

Is it a rall eye car? Maybe the sway bars were std. on them or just 360 cars in 74?

[wagesofsin]

Is it a rall eye car? Maybe the sway bars were std. on them or just 360 cars in 74?

nope, just a base

[Topcat]

We have some decent weather going on recently. So today I started applying plastic filler on areas on the underside wherever any small dents are. Then get it all ready for it's second coat of Epoxy primer.

When I was young, I didn't know how to put jacks correctly and lift the car properly. 

[BoughtItNew]

looks like its time to rebuild my front end. 

went driving around today, and noticed at slow speed, like rolling up to a light, the front end wags back and forth a bit, not severe, but you see it.
and sometimes, when cruising 40 - 50 the front end vibrates slightly. i can feel it in the wheel slightly as well. looks like i got a " shaker" hood, 'cept its all of it! its more prominent on the drivers side as far as i can tell. tires arent wearing wierd either.
im leaning toward ball joints. bearings are new, and i did new inner and outer ends.
i dont have a front sway bar, and i want to put one on., but then i have to find some lowers c/arms to take one right?

woo hoo, lets get this year rolling!!

 

Had the exact same thing pop up on my 74 during the TBT Cruise in 08.  Big "maypop" appeared on the L/F tire.  It was only 29 years old w/less than 20K miles on it.  Check your tires, sounds like a slipped belt or tread seperation.

[wagesofsin]

Had the exact same thing pop up on my 74 during the TBT Cruise in 08.  Big "maypop" appeared on the L/F tire.  It was only 29 years old w/less than 20K miles on it.  Check your tires, sounds like a slipped belt or tread seperation.

tires are new goodyears.

[BoughtItNew]

When I was in the tire business we ajusted a few "newer" ones too.  Can't hurt to check before replacing a lot of suspension parts unless they're old with a lot of miles on them anyway.  Those will cause pulling and wandering.  Consistent vibration and shaking is 95% tire related.

[wagesofsin]

When I was in the tire business we ajusted a few "newer" ones too.  Can't hurt to check before replacing a lot of suspension parts unless they're old with a lot of miles on them anyway.  Those will cause pulling and wandering.  Consistent vibration and shaking is 95% tire related.

ill swap em with some others and see.
thanks!   

[wagesofsin]

UPDATE:

(play unsolved mysteries music here)

what i was experiancing was intermittant failure of the drivers side upper ball joint!!!

i checked it twice yesterday on the lift and it wasnt really moving, i just went out to check wheel runout, and the suckers flopping around like a 90 year old hookers chest!!

dont ask me how i know that either.

[bb71challenger]

Yikes, sounds dangerous. Glad you found the culprit.

[BoughtItNew]

Well, there's that 5% not attributable to tires!

[IMNCARN82]

So...   How do you know what a 90 yr. old hookers chest looks like?     

[brads70]

So...   How do you know what a 90 yr. old hookers chest looks like?     

Paints a picture don't it!

[jwalk]

door hinge pin and bushing