Just Carbs
Well-Known Member
Idler arms are a pain in the butt. All these rubber bushed arm have some play in them going down the road. That's a bad thing, we don't want that.
New 1964 New Yorker arms are slim pickens. So, I've been rebushing the frame mount swing end with new rubber kits. But that doesn't always make an arm with limited up/down movement to my liking.
So, I have turned to using rebuild kits with two adjustable roller bearings at the frame swing mount full of grease, one on top, one on bottom. Result is an arm with zero up/down play. Big improvement in the way the car tracks at 40/80 mph.
No change in self-centering. No change in required steering effort.
BUT, it does transmit a "very" small amount of road annoyance to the car. But not to he steering wheel.
New 1964 New Yorker arms are slim pickens. So, I've been rebushing the frame mount swing end with new rubber kits. But that doesn't always make an arm with limited up/down movement to my liking.
So, I have turned to using rebuild kits with two adjustable roller bearings at the frame swing mount full of grease, one on top, one on bottom. Result is an arm with zero up/down play. Big improvement in the way the car tracks at 40/80 mph.
No change in self-centering. No change in required steering effort.
BUT, it does transmit a "very" small amount of road annoyance to the car. But not to he steering wheel.
