Technical Question and Answer - On topic to 71-74 Plymouth B-bodies only.
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72 RR fan
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by 72 RR fan » Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:27 am
I was going to buy some front end rebuild stuff for my 71 RR. It is a manual steering car. I noticed that the idler arm has play. I'd like to rebuild the whole thing. I thumbed through the Year One catalog, but on things, I find that they are not really the cheapest. I wonder what brand / country of origin parts they carry. I'd like to find good quality, reasonably priced parts, I'm really going for OE style, not poly bushings nor the tubular arms and such. Just OE type. I figured that I'd spot something in a few old issues I have of some Mopar mags, but nothing popped out. I hoped to find a pretty full out kit, and bam make a call and be done with it. Anybody have a reccomendation for quality / price? I don't want to wind up with some sorry Chinese bushings that fall apart in a thousand miles that ultimatly aren't any better than the old ones.
BTW...I gotta get brake stuff too..
Thanks,
Brian


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CtownRunner
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by CtownRunner » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:58 am
Just Suspension
www.JustSuspension.com
800-872-1548
try to find the "Anatomy of a ball joint" you'll buy from them.
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rr6pak
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by rr6pak » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:11 am
I know alot of people went with Moog suspension. Most people got them from
www.rockauto.com. Heard good things about the products. BTW, not bashing anything from other members posting other sites as well

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landon1
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by landon1 » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:03 pm
I have the list of parts needed from oreilly's...you can get their brand or Moog...some pieces are pretty pricey (esp Moog), but my experience with parts is that normally the cheaper parts are just as good as the ones that cost a bit more (i've had em both ways)