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Starting on Front End Rebuild 444-544

posted by  Keith756W on  Wed May 4 01:37 CST 2005
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Thanks for the comments. Question 2 does not exist - I deleted a thought and forgot to renumber.

Since, as JohnMc says, these suspensions are so easy to take apart with just hand tools, I went ahead and disassembled the suspension on my 544 parts car. This turned out to be worthwhile because the upper inner bushings on the 544 seem tight and very usable. So I have ducked that problem (after figuring out how to do it). One comment for you about these. When I checked with Joe at Swedish Treasures about replacing just the bushings, he recommended replacing the pin and bushings as a set.

In checking the kingpins I found just the tiniest bit of play. However both the 544 and 444 had not been driven for 20+ years. After I greased them, both seemed tight - no play at all that I csn feel. I'm going to try going with them and see if problems develop when I start driving (waaay in the future). Plan to update the 444 with brakes from the 544 and the 544 axles look a bit better so I'm using those spindles as well.






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