Hey, long time no see!!
Lots (way too much) has been happening - on everything except the car - until recently. Mostly my car work has just still been fiddly bits and cleaning of the shop. All that takes time, but doesn't look like much.
We got A NEW PHYSICAL SUMMIT STORE about 45 minutes from my house!! It's awesome! My first trip took me 3 hours. It's like a theme park for car guys.
The next visit took 2 hours, but all of that time was behind the order desk and then days to get all the various pieces shipped from various depots around the country, only to find they'd shipped the wrong sizes. I had even taken my pieces into Summit to make sure I got the right sizes.
I've been working on all the "little" details and trying to tie up all the suspension pieces properly before I begin roll bar relocation and engine installaion. So I've got a couple of questions for you guys.
On the rocker arms they used 1/2" bolts on 2 out of the 3 holes and one they used a 3/8" which requires a sleeve to fill the gap because the shock ends need 1/2". On the easy ones I just reamed the mounting holes to 1/2" so I could use 1/2' bolts as they fit the shock ends properly, but there are several places that are going to be super hard to reach to ream so is it worth the effort? Here's a pic of the 2. BTW these are not the final bolts, they are just what I've been using to mock things up.
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Also is there anything I don't want to use on Delrin? I have one steel insert in the pivot point of one of the rocker arms that has seized and I need to lube it. I'm thinking there's no problem with WD40 or a penetrating lube, but I wanted to be sure.
I was able to get the proper size poly bushings for the upper control arms to give me just the slightest little amount of compliance when compared to Delrin bushings and I will begin fitting them soon. If I don't like it I can always switch back. The recent meet in the Ozarks made me realize that it's important to have some roadworthy compromises.
What I've done on other builds is to install the bushings so there is a small void in the center, mount a zerk fitting over that void, & do some slight scoring from the middle of the steel insert out towards the ends to help the grease travel to help with the inevitable squeaks that develop. That has worked well, but it's very time intensive so that's the next "big" thing.