Cadillac 60 Series 1963 Shop Manual page 48

CHASSIS SUSPENSION
4-25
washer, and nut. Do not tighten nut until car is on
all four wheels.
12. Install tie-strut on lower arm, securing
with two bolts and nuts. Tighten nuts to 35 foot-
pounds.
13. Connect stabilizer link to lower arm.
14. Install brake drum and wheel assembly, as
described in Note 5c, Steps 7, 8, 9, and 10.
15. Adjust wheel bearings as described in
Note 5a.
16. Replace dust cap and wheel disc and lower
front end of car.
17. Connect shock absorber at its upper mount.
18. Tighten nut on lower suspension arm pivot
bolt to 60 foot-pounds.
19. Tighten nut at shock absorber lower mount
in lower arm to 100 foot-pounds.
20. Check wheel alignment and adjust if neces-
sary.
18. Front Lower Suspension Arm
Bushing Removal and Installation
a. Removal
1. Remove lower suspension arm and coil
spring as described in Note 17a.
2. Position Support, J-8999-2, on arbor press
anvil and insert larger diameter end of bushing in
Support.
3. To prevent lower arm from collapsing when
bushing is pressed out, place Spacer J-8999-8,
Fig. 4-39 Installing Bushing in Lower Arm
around bushing sleeve between flanged sides of
arm.
4. Position Bushing Remover, J-8999-10, on
bushing sleeve, Fig. 4-38, and press bushing out
of arm.
b. Installation
1. Position Support, J-8999-2, on arbor press
anvil and insert smaller diameter flanged end of
bushing mount in Support.
2. Install new bushing in arm, smaller diameter
end of bushing first, until bushing pilots itself in
opposite flanged end.
3. Place Spacer, J-8999-8, around sleeve of
bushing between flanged sides of arm.
4. Position Bushing Installer, J-8999-9, over
end of bushing, Fig. 4-39, and press bushing into
arm until installer tool bottoms on flanged bushing
mount.
Fig. 4-3$ Removing Bushing from Lower Arm
5. Install lower suspension arm and coil spring
as described in Note 17b.
19. Steering Knuckle
Removal and Installation
a. Removal
1. Raise front end of car and place jack stands
under front frame side rails.
2. Remove wheel assembly and brake drum as
described in Note 5b, Steps 1, 3, 4, and 5.
3. Straighten locking plate on anchor bolt, r e -
move anchor bolt, locking plate, and two bolts
securing brake backing plate to steering knuckle.
Position steering arm out of way.