1937-1957 Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac suspension upgrade
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*The coils sit in a spring pocket on the lower control arm, and a spring perch built into the frame design on the upper end. | *The coils sit in a spring pocket on the lower control arm, and a spring perch built into the frame design on the upper end. | ||
*Steering is thru a kingpin steering knuckle. Alignment is accomplished with an inner and outer concentric screw adjustment in the upper steering knuckle mount (accessible by removing the grease fitting and inserting an allen wrench into the hole). | *Steering is thru a kingpin steering knuckle. Alignment is accomplished with an inner and outer concentric screw adjustment in the upper steering knuckle mount (accessible by removing the grease fitting and inserting an allen wrench into the hole). | ||
| − | *There are two types of shock arrangements. Roughly '37 – '49 (not all 3 changed the same year) have a lever action shock that is built into the upper control arm and serves as the upper control arm mount. | + | *There are two types of shock arrangements. Roughly '37 – '49 (not all 3 changed the same year) have a lever action shock that is built into the upper control arm and serves as the upper control arm mount. 50's models went to a separate tube type shock. Some internal to the spring, some external. The upper control arm is still a fixed frame mount, with caster/camber adjustment in the concentric sleeves. |
==Key shortcomings of the original suspension== | ==Key shortcomings of the original suspension== | ||
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