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I am about to try to rebuild the front end on my 1954 Plymouth Suburban. I noticed in the manual that several "special" tools were mentioned. Are they REQUIRED? If so, are they available? Does anybody have a video of this process or a series of pictures with do's and don'ts or recommendations?
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Today I received my Moog CC850 springs from RockAuto, last week I received a kingpin set from Bernbaum. Monday, I should receive my leaf-springs. So when my friendly neighborhood repair guy said, "Great paint job, but you still have the suspension of a $75 car" he really didn't say that, that would have been the kind way of saying that I need to rebuild the front suspension and replace the leaf springs. The leaf-springs are "S" shape and every bushing rattles in the front. Never done this before, so here it goes starting Monday. Yes Honey I hear the dryer buzzing------
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Here I am again! I beginning to think that the help I need is mental for starting this project.. Here it goes: I am working on my front suspension starting with the kingpins. Then on to the coils, control arms, etc. I am following the shop manual and have gotten to the point where I need to remove the locking pins and top seals again, according to the manual. It was fairly easy getting to this point. Now, following the obscure directions in the book, I got the locking pin on the first one(driver's side ) to move approximately a 1/4 inch and it won't budge from there. Likewise, following the book again, I can't get the top tin seal out, no matter what I try. I'm afraid to use too much force for fear of damaging irreplaceable parts. HELP!!! Additionally, I am soliciting any other guidance concerning replacing the coils, and rebuilding the control arms.
