My Suspension Rebuild

[Strawdawg]

Looks very good!

[bordin34]

Today I installed new ball joints in the LCAs, a new pitman arm, a new idler arm, and new poly K-Frame bushings.

[bordin34]

Its all finished, all I need now is to get my new tires mounted and an alignment.
My thoughts so far are
- the car corners much flatter and surer
- my headers no longer scrape after bumps
- Much better steering response
- the 1.06" bars could be a little too much for my GR-2's but thats the best I can get
- my 1-1/8" front sway bar may be a little too much
- i desperately need an alignment
- I want some frame connectors
- I still have a popping sound when quickly cornering

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Congrats on the rebuild! I definetly recommend the subs - you can make them for cheap! Made a BIG diff on NIKKI!     ....popping noise not good tho....

[bordin34]

The popping noise really has me stumped I checked everything over and its all tight. Also I has the same noise before the rebuild and thought it was the ball joints. I can only hear the noise I cant feel it in the wheel.

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Mount on the K maybe???

[Bullitt-]

Describe the popping... Do you have your brakes on?...Is it one pop or several?

[bordin34]

It is one single pop almost like somebody tapped the frame with a hammer. If you slowly turn into the turn it doesn't do it but if you turn quickly it does. The brakes are not on and it doesn't change if they are. I changed out the K-frame and torsion bar cross member bushings with poly in the K-frame and aluminum in the cross member. I am sure the K-frame is tight but will check and re-torque the cross member.

[Bullitt-]

look at your transmission mount

[bordin34]

Really? Actually my rear one is shot. So I guess it slides side to side on sharp turns, makes sense. Will try replacing that