k-member swap

[johnhinds]

What would be the easiest way to swap out a k-member? my 65 Belvy has a 69 in it and since i'm converting to 4-spd, i'm going to put a 65 back in it. do you knock the lower ball joint loose,or unbolt it from the spindle or just remove the pivot pin from the lower control arm? i removed the 65 k from a donor,but i don't want to beat on my car like i did that one to get it out. any input would be greatly appreciated, John

 

[moparcrazy]

k~Member swap

Pics of my 67 charger when i did the swap, i believe i just disconnected the upper control arm, pulled the torsion bars,drive shaft, then unbolted K~member and trans bolts, it really was easy with a kit that i bought from Dutch brothers

 

[johnhinds]

That would be great to have one of those kits but i just want to swap the k-member only w/o taking it all the way down. Thanks though.

 

[black64]

Once you have the torsion bars out tap on the lower control arm pivot pin it should release. I would also put some penetrating fluid on the kframe bolts and let them soak awhile. Then remove the strutrods and idler arm and you are good to go.

 

[johnhinds]

Thats the answer i was hoping to get, so just use a rawhide mallet or dead blow and tap the pivot? do i need to loosen the pivot nut?

 

[black64]

Thats the answer i was hoping to get, so just use a rawhide mallet or dead blow and tap the pivot? do i need to loose the pivot nut?

Yes the nut needs to be loosened to remove from kframe. Tap with mallet it should break loose.