Message text written by "Picard, Pierre"
>Presently rebuilding my front suspension. When it came to installing the
top
A-arms, I noticed two arms had R stamped on them. Having only noticed this
during reassembly, I looked at my donor TR6 and found the front A-arm on
the left side had a L stamped on it and the front right side one stamped
with R.
Now my instincts tell me that the stamped piece is L for left and R for
right and that I have two right A-arms on the frame being rebuilt. Are they
interchangeable? Should I remove the A-arm stamped L from the donor and
switch it with one of the R A-arms for my left side suspension?
And any advice on grease or lubricant for poly bushings?
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Pierre,
By all means switch them. They may be reversable but since you already
have the right parts why not use them? I have one better, though: When I
put my TR6 together I found I had two right hand trunions (and verticle
links)! I had to buy a left hand suspension part to do it right. I guess
that is why my car handled squirrelly. (I know, I know, it's the driver)
On the poly busings use lithium grease, antisieze or silicone grease. If
you put them together dry they will squeek like mine do. (Great, I went
from squirrelly to mousy!)
Dave
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