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Sourmug JUL 08, 10:54 PM
I had some time today to do a little bit of work on the rear knuckles etc. I started by removing the tie rods. Here is a picture of the puller that I use:

And this is it in position:

It works pretty slick. Next I had to remove the 30mm hub nut on the ends of the haft shafts. I know that the manual says to use a large screwdriver to prevent the hub from turning but I used a deep socket slipped over the end of one of the bolts that holds the hub to the knuckle. I ten used the impact gun to remove the large nut. This worked quite well:

Once that was done I also used the impact gun to remove the 3 hub/knuckle bolts. If you can afford a decent compressor and tools it sure makes things easier.
To remove the hubs from the half shafts I used a 6" gear puller rather than the special GM tool. One was a real bear to get off but the other was quite easy to remove.

I also cleaned up the knuckles using the wire brush in the bench grinder and then I drilled out the tapped caliper holes and re-tapped them for the 12m 1.50 fasteners that are used to mount the adapters for the 11.25 brake upgrade.

The knuckles were then painted.


And while the paint was drying I also cleaned and painted the inside of both strut towers:


So all in all not a bad day.
Nolan

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355Fiero JUL 09, 03:32 AM
Nolan;

You are doing an excellent job on your car. It is looking very nice.

Keep up the great work as you are going to have a very beautiful vehicle when done. Gonna chop it as well?? ;o)

I put the new project on a trailer tonight to take it to a buddy's so I can get primer on my current project. Should be primered up in a week or so. Then on to the rest of the molds I showed you guys the other night and finish this bad boy off.

Keep up your work you are doing an excellent job.

Cheers
Don
Toaster_Man JUL 09, 01:00 PM
Did you paint the front end too, or were you just lucky enough to have it clean up that nice?

Fantastic job by the way. I love your attention to detail.
Sourmug JUL 09, 05:06 PM
Hi Don:
Thanks for your comments. What I'm doing is no where as complicated as your 355 conversion but I'm having fun. NO chop! I want to be able to fit into it once it's done.

Toaster_Man:
I painted the front end as well after it was all cleaned up and treated with Rust Mort. Thanks for you comments as well. It's nice to know that others are enjoying this thread too.

Nolan
Sourmug JUL 10, 10:02 PM
Here are the rear suspension pieces all cleaned up:

And assembled:





Nolan

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Blacktree JUL 11, 12:30 AM
Wow!

You're going to have to trailer the car everywhere to keep from dirtying up all that pretty paint.
Fiero1Fan JUL 11, 02:55 AM
He just wants to have the fun of cleaning everything up again after he gets back from where ever he went!! I will have the same fun every winter after a summer of sun and fun!! That is what the winters are for. Cleaning and Detailing, Detailing and Cleaning.

That does look good though Nolan. Keep up the good work.
Comealongway JUL 11, 10:43 AM


In this picture you can see the holes that the rocker panel would clip into, so you think that stage 2 scoops should have this aswell?
Sourmug JUL 11, 02:13 PM
Comealongway:

I don't know if you need those holes or not as I have not yet had a really good look at what is required. You may want to bring that up in a thread with some of the people who have completed the installation of the stage 2 scoops. I just haven't gotten there yet.

Blacktree/Fiero1Fan:



Nolan
Fiero1Fan JUL 11, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by Sourmug:

Blacktree/Fiero1Fan:



Nolan



Hey, I resemble that remark!!