{"id":5009,"date":"2025-07-07T06:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5009"},"modified":"2025-07-07T06:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:28:12","slug":"rear-suspension-re-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5009","title":{"rendered":"Rear suspension re-assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(This post is a bit out of sequence. I actually did this work before going on to pull the engine.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3304.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3304.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3304-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3304-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Very hard to get the short shaft u-bolts in place and tightened. No way to get a torque wrench in place for final tightening. So I tightened them as I always did in the old days &#8211; a good pull on a regular wrence, but not overly.  I put blue lock-tight and new lock washers on all of the u-bolt arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3306.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3306.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3306-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3306-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spindle support and parking brake flange in place with nuts torqued to spec &#8211; 30 Ft Lbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3318.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3318.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3318.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3318-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3318-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New plastic bushings in place. A real trick to get them on. I had to jack the spring up until the car started to lift then use a 2 X4 to press down the trailing arm enough to get the lower washer and bushing in place. I also had to disconnect the shock and remove the strut bolt before the trailing arm would lower enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next: I&#8217;m waiting for parking brake parts so I will have to leave the rear suspension for  a bit. Now I can get back to the engine swap \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This post is a bit out of sequence. I actually did this work before going on to pull the engine.) Very hard to get the short shaft u-bolts in place and tightened. No way to get a torque wrench in place for final tightening. So I tightened them as I always did in the old &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5009\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rear suspension re-assembly&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5009"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5029,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5009\/revisions\/5029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}