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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install - Trailing Arm Install

1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Die Grinder Cutting
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Die Grinder Cutting
The finishing touch for the driver side trailing arm was to reattach the shock absorber, and tighten the nut on the lower bracket.
1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Removing U Bolts
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Removing U Bolts
Not assuming the passenger side would be the same story as the driver's, Steve discovered the U-bolts would unbolt instead of having to be cut, which would have consumed more time.
1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Compressing Bushing
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Compressing Bushing
The time gained on the right side U-bolts was lost to having to repair, and fit the trailing arm. Steve used a ball-peen hammer to compress the bushing narrower.
1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Mounting Trailing Arm Into Bracket
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Mounting Trailing Arm Into Bracket
A mallet was used to help drive the Early Classic trailing arm into the mounting bracket on the crossmember.
1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Push Pin
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Push Pin
To align the hole to install the mounting bolt through the mounting bracket a pin punch was wiggled-in.
1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Mounting Bolt Installed
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Mounting Bolt Installed
This allowed the mounting bolt to easily slide through and tighten down.
1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Connecting To Crossmember
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Connecting To Crossmember
Things moved fast once both of the Early Classic trailing arms were connected to the crossmember. After pulling everything into alignment, Steve buzzed the U-bolt down with an impact wrench.
1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Tighten Shocks
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Tighten Shocks
The finishing touch was to tighten down the lower shock absorber.
1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Finished Installation
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1966 Chevy C10 Early Classic Enterprises Trailing Arm Kit Install Finished Installation
From start to finish, including all of the time that was needed to cut off rusted bolts and parts it took Steve less than two hours to install the Early Classic Enterprises trailing arm kit.
Early Classic Enterprises
www.earlyclassic.com
Classic Chevy 5-Speed
KA Custom
17702 Metzler Ln., Dept. CRM
Huntington Beach
CA  92647

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