f-body
03-08-2005, 09:35 AM
I have a 1974 Camaro and I have redone the entire front suspension using Global West bushings, Moog ball joints, and Moog steering linkage. I used the front spings out of my 74 Z28 (360lbs) because I used Global West springs in the Z28 place of the stock springs. I might switch the springs from the other car to this one since the Z28 is a long way off from being finished. I will be changing rear springs this weekend and installing the subframe connectors but I have run into a problem.
How do you mount the subframe connectors using the Global West interlocking solid aluminum mounts. I mean the lower portion of the bushing is not much bigger than the hole in the subframe connector and there is not much material actually holding the connector. I guess I could swap the position of the bushings and use the larger bushing on the bottom and the smaller half of the bushing on top which is reverse of how they are suppost to be installed.
Another problem since the Global West interlocking bushings are designed to only be used on the actual subframe that is about 1/8 thick and you add another piece of material 1/8 thick like the subframe connector your new solid aluminum bushing is only making contact on the shoulder of the two pieces of the bushing not the flat portion of the bushings. To fix this I was going to use a washer about 1/8 thick to go inside the bushing.
I read the instructions to install the subframe connectors and they it says they slide into the subframe. So after I install the subframe connectors I will make some plates a little longer maybe about 6 to 8 inches to bolt the connectors to the subframe. I could weld them but I would prefer to have them removeable. Eventually I will make my own weld in connectors and make them part of the body and tie them into the rear frame rail and the area where the subframe bolts to the unibody.
How do you mount the subframe connectors using the Global West interlocking solid aluminum mounts. I mean the lower portion of the bushing is not much bigger than the hole in the subframe connector and there is not much material actually holding the connector. I guess I could swap the position of the bushings and use the larger bushing on the bottom and the smaller half of the bushing on top which is reverse of how they are suppost to be installed.
Another problem since the Global West interlocking bushings are designed to only be used on the actual subframe that is about 1/8 thick and you add another piece of material 1/8 thick like the subframe connector your new solid aluminum bushing is only making contact on the shoulder of the two pieces of the bushing not the flat portion of the bushings. To fix this I was going to use a washer about 1/8 thick to go inside the bushing.
I read the instructions to install the subframe connectors and they it says they slide into the subframe. So after I install the subframe connectors I will make some plates a little longer maybe about 6 to 8 inches to bolt the connectors to the subframe. I could weld them but I would prefer to have them removeable. Eventually I will make my own weld in connectors and make them part of the body and tie them into the rear frame rail and the area where the subframe bolts to the unibody.