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School me on suspension.. 72 Javelin |
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LakesideRamblin
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Go with Eaton leaf springs and new shackles. Arch them 1/2 to 1 additional inch. Buy new set of front coil springs Eaton or other. Rebuild all front suspension bushings and ball joints. Buy new KYB non-gas shocks and you should be good to go. It's a 50 year old car and requires this work if it hasn't been done. The old style suspension will work and handle well by replacing old and worn out parts.
Regarding springs, coil and leaf, you get what you pay for. Save up to buy better quality. You won't be sorry. Just my opinion. Edited by LakesideRamblin - Jan/28/2023 at 10:34pm |
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LakesideRamblin
69 Rambler 360 73 Javelin 360 "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." T. Roosevelt |
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jpnjim
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You could get a junkyard set of Ford Ranger, or Explorer leafs, or anything with slightly more arch and similar length 2.5" leaf packs.
Mix and match till you got the ride height wanted, and do it all for the price of ; Junkyard leafs packs 4 new U-bolts 2 new centering pins. Just don't go overboard, the first set I "built" was when I was a teenager (I think I used Jeep leafs back then) and ended up with what felt like a 3/4 ton Javelin. But my reverse cragars never rubbed again.
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71 P-code 4spd Javelin/AMX
some Jeeps and some Fords |
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CamJam
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Hey Matt, which KYB model is non-gas? I didn't know that they still offered non-gas shocks.
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'73 Javelin 360 (current project)
'72 Baja Bronze Javelin SST '69 Big Bad Orange AMX (2018 Teague Heritage Award) SOLD |
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purple72Gremlin
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LakesideRamblin
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My bad Cam. Didn't edit correctly. KYB Excel G or Gas Adjust.
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LakesideRamblin
69 Rambler 360 73 Javelin 360 "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." T. Roosevelt |
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BU1
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#1 1968 AMX Rally Green 343 Z code 4spd since 1975 #02642 #2 1968 AMX Rally Green 290 N code 4spd since 2019 #02959 |
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