Frame on the wall. 2/23/2020
- HoffmanTVR
- Feb 23, 2020
- 1 min read
Pulled everything off the frame this weekend. Rear differential. Suspension arms, steering rack, sway bar, and miscellaneous other frame mounts all removed successfully other than driver upper A arm. It is rusted solid. Tried to cut off head and bang through, no luck. Going to have to burn out bushing and hope I can get it out without further damage to the mount.
Can someone tell me the reasoning, if any, on the difference between the left and right lower A arms? Find it odd that they are so different in where they mount.
Don't know what to do next now that I have to wait for the weather to warm up to blast and spray the frame. Guess I'll start power washing and cleaning up small parts. Seats should be arriving shortly as well, maybe get them reupholstered. . Thank you Jarred S.
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That is a wealth of knowledge that will save me and others a great amount of discovery time and mistakes. Thank you.
I don’t know what that bend/offset is but I had something similar on my right front. It looked like I had hit a curb or something and bent the lower wishbone mount rearward except that it was only the front mount. The rear mount looked OK. I never took a picture that clearly showed the distortion of the front mount.
I had my suspension components blast cleaned and powder coated. Bought and installed new urethane bushings.
I wire brushed the frame to remove loose material at suspension mounting points. I then trial fit the suspension components. I made sure that the axle centerlines were in the same place left and right, relative to a datum. For the front I used…