Hey there olds folks, I just got my front end suspension kit in today, Ive never dealt with the suspension before i have a chilton manual but its entirely to vague. This is what the kit contains.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170922039810...84.m1439.l2649

Its a front end Rebuild kit what would be a good place to start. Thanks Guys

 

Not sure what year and model you are fixing to do, but if a 69-72, check out my "front end job" link below. Read through and enjoy.
The job is not that bad, only when you know how to do it. I had to learn as I went.

 

Rob did a great job documenting his rebuild.

 

its a 70 supreme holiday coupe lansing

 

Hare are some pictures of the control arms if this helps you at all. I also see that you have the push in bushings for the upper and lower control arms. you will need a press for those. 100_2567.jpg

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Just found some more pics from when I was working on my car.

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You need a factory shop manual. Be very careful how you remove the springs, they can kill you. You may want to have a shop do the control arm bushings, everything else is hard work but easy work. Now is the time to replace your front springs if needed. Good luck!

 

Step one is burn the Chilton manual and get a factory Chassis Service Manual.

 

As long as the engine is in the car, everything here should work fine for you...
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...tml#post264807
Keep us posted on your progress!

 

been working on it since 6am my time used the jack to release the springs slowly no bodily harm incurred, encountered one problem the previous owner put 1972 spindles and discs on it so my tie rod ends are a little short but the pin goes threw the nut so its okay, also the lower control arm bushing they sent was wrong one is circle and the other is oval but they sent to circle ones so gonna have to have them send the right ones.

replacing springs and shocks looks like the old shocks had dragged the ground at one point and the previous owner just hooked them back up thank god im doing this doesnt look like the suspension would have made it much furhter.

the control arms are in great shape minus the bushings

shocks and tierods and sway bar bushings are completley shot. will pust pics of the old stuff later on

 

yeah im gonna need sway bar bushings as the kit didnt come with them, cant wait till my car looks that shiny need to order some paint so everytime i pull parts off i can paint them.

 

it would really help if someone had a picture of the correct tie rod

 

All 1964-72 A-body spindles interchange. The steering arms are also the same, as are the tie rod ends. There should be absolutely no issue with the disk brake swap. Now, if you have spindles that have integral caliper mounts and steering arms (as opposed to separate bolt-on parts) then those are 1973-up spindles and you have a potential safety problem as the later spindles are not compatible without custom ball joints and tie rod ends.

The correct 1964-72 outer tie rod end looks like this:

 

Last time I changed those I got them from the local auto parts store.
NAPA shows a variety for different sway bar thicknesses:
http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/Re...0052%2b2052017

If you want polyurethane then you may need to order them from PST or a similar company.

 

Succesfull rebuild allignment is perfect just need a new steering coupler

 

Way to go.