Changing Strut Rods

[DanDokken]

Hello
I scored qa1 strut rods for my 65 Coronet. Car is stripped for paint so no motor or fenders. Control arm is on bump stop, can struts be changed without touching torsion bars or control arms? I am GM guy and Mopar’s new to me, sorry if a stupid question

Thanks as always

Dan

 

[pnora]

No. Everything needs to slide back in order to get them in and out.

 

[j-c-c-62]

Could he cut them out, but not sure if qa's can then be installed since they are different design.

 

[Don Frelier]

From what I see the car could use a complete front end rebuild if the strut rod bushing is any indication.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Stripped for paint... So drop the suspension & K member... Rebuild the suspension & Powder coat the K member... BTW I love spending other peoples money... But Honestly it looks like a full suspension rebuild really is needed...

 

[Kern Dog]

Given the OPs name, I hope he isn’t Breaking the chains around him.
(I’m curious who will get that one)

 

[1 Wild R/T]

 

[j-c-c-62]

 

[Kern Dog]

JCC was a Boy George fan and he insults Dokken ???

 

[j-c-c-62]

What about Freddie Mercury, Rob Halford, Elton, Menudo, Little Richard, Liberace, Barry Manilow, and I always wondered about Scot Weiland.
And to be clear, I only "insulted" the video.

 

[Speedbird]

None of the above do much for me.
But I think NY got a good answer.

 

[multimopes]

A slightly different version..................

 

[terrywalker]

I just removed and reinstalled the strut rods on an e-body which is just like your car. I had to remove the lower control arms to remove and reinstall the strut rods. At that point, I just replaced ball joints (boots were cracked), tie rod ends, UCA bushings, torsion bar pivots, etc. I thought I could reinstall the strut rods with the LCAs in place but it was a no go, so I had to remove them again. Thankfully, I'll never have to do it again on this e-body.
Terry W.