1963-1964 Mercury / Galaxie front suspension & steering fix.
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Using the toe-in Stabilizer bar from Bud’s Classic Car to fix the “Cushion Link” front suspension on my 1964 Monterey; same as Galaxie. This offset bushing causes steering and ride issues on these cars and this is the cheapest way to fix it.
On my 64 Galaxie fastback I took an angle die grinder with a 4" cutoff wheel and with the
car on jackstands behind the front wheels and a floor jack under the lower control arm to support it in place, I took the nut off the lower control arm shaft and then cut out the offset section between the control arm bushing and the housing that comes through the frame. I took the housing out the front, then pushed the shaft coming thru the control arm bushing forward and out.
Your Mercury is a beauty!
Thank you! It definitely shows better in photos, but it’s getting better all the time.
Love that Merc! Mine had the MOOG brand stabilizer. Didn’t really care for it because it used a ball stud connector and really didn’t help all that much. I ended up going with re sleeved straight shafts from Born Again Classics down in Arkansas. Along with the different A arms.
My dad had a 64 Breezeway in that same color blue he like it so much he kept it for 17 years.
It drives very nicely.
Could you post a link to where you had the power steering rebuild done? I can't seem to find it.
Hey brotha I have a 64 ford galaxie, the bracket that holds the steering stabilizer broke off. Having trouble finding a diagram and what it should look like. Could you post a video of yours?
Is that the hydraulic steering Ram?
Looks like: www.ebay.com/itm/115161209949
@@JalopyJockey it looks like that might be it!
How well did this wind up working? my 64 galaxie likes to bump steer when braking on rutted and poor quality roads. I don't think anything is wrong with the brakes because on a nice road it stops straight every time. Some roads it pulls left, some roads it pulls right. It does like to follow the road a bit when driving with power sometimes as well. All of the ball joints and tie rods which are original are pretty tight, and the steering box is tight as well.
1986FordF-250 the Buds bar is stout and helps stabilize the front, a bit. It’s not a miracle, but it is an improvement. Everything was bad, so every bit helped. The leaking control valve was the worst part. The best change was actually the Ridetech shocks I put in. The stock shocks were totally dead, and the replacement KYBs were not good at all. I now have radial tires, no control arm bushing rotation, and excellent dampening. In combination, it has totally changed the driving quality of the car. It doesn’t feel dangerous anymore.
@@JalopyJockey I used gabriel ultra shocks on my galaxie as well as my dad's. They seem to be pretty nice shocks and they handle well. I took the original shocks off of mine. What a difference! My dad's galaxie has a thin round bar that's doing the same thing as this stabilizer bar. I was surprised mine didn't have a stabilizer bar, I thought they all had them. Apparent not lol