Unless the original owner changed mine, it is cadmium plated on my August 10th of 1970 built 1971 340 convertible. No numbers on it that I can find either. Mine also has the 1970 style console with seat belt cutouts.
OK, the powder coating on the threads was a killer. O'Reilly has a great lend a tool thread chaser kit that goes all the way up to 5/8s course and fine for bolts/shafts and 9/16s for nuts. I was surprised how hard it was to come up with 5/8s taps locally but did find them at an old school...
I had my metal guy make me one and it came out pretty good, he even made it out of galvanized. If you want one $45 plus shipping, see here
https://www.forebodiesonly.com/forum/threads/1971-challenger-fuel-and-brake-line-cover-guard.23402/
I couldn't find one of these so I had my metal guy make one.
If you want one too, $45 plus shipping made out of galvanized and slightly thicker.
The pictures where you only see one they are stacked on top of each other and you can see it's a pretty good match.
I sent my piston frozen calipers to Phoenix Caliper in Chicago and had them back rebuilt same week. Then I took them apart (two rubber seals and a piston) and had them powder coated too. Only $45 per caliper to rebuild.
I tried to pick out a good natural metal color but failed again. The powder...
The poly kit strut rod bushings come with a sleeve that is slightly longer than stock since the poly bushings don't compress as much however the included sleeve is a smaller diameter than my early 71 and didn't fit so I am going with rubber that fit the original sleeve. Original sleeve is about...
Thanks.
I had everything powder coated included nuts and bolts and wonder about bumping the torque up a bit. It is hard to tell at times if it is the coating or the locking nut.
I found this
https://p-s-t.com/faq.html#q26174
and I didn't see anything in the service manual about greasing bushings.
It is surprisingly hard to find bushing grease at the parts stores for same day use too. Energy Suspensions has a product but order only. I did find a couple products at...
I went through all the pages and didn't see a relevant post.
Do you use grease when assembling a suspension kit from PST on the bushings and if so what? The uppers came with grease and I assume that is for the adjustment bolts but I'm wondering about greasing other shafts. I have the poly...
Yes, I am really starting to wonder what is going on with Galen and GTS. After months I've been trying to get info on decoding and buying new white books.
A month ago Diane said the decoding was done and she was mailing it out and also sending me an electronic copy, neither of which I have...