Re: Hornet status...

["piper_pa20" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought they were supposed to be installed with the convex side toward the 
rubber on both sides like...

)H(

That's the way I installed them on my Javelin and I think I duplicated what 
I found on the car.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: "AMC List" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: Hornet status...


> I've been driving my 70 Hornet now for a 8 weeks or so and about
> 2500 miles.
>
> I have the worst luck with certain parts. I had a new NAPA oil
> pressure (idiot light) sender fail. And this past weekend I had to
> change out the drivers-side strut bushing!
>
> It was a new part, I forget the brand installed. Maybe I'm
> installing them wrong -- I have the cupped washer with the concave
> side towards the rubber.
>
>              -----------( H )--
>
> ( and ) the washers, H the pair of rubber bushings.
>
> I have a completely different design set on my Rambler, with the front
> washer convex side towards the rubber:
>
>
>              -----------) H )---
>
> as per instructions in the box; it's a much heavier-looking design
> than the usual part. But anyways.
>
>
> ANyways it got crushed and split, ruining toe. Installed a new
> NAPA part, now I have to get toe set again.
>
> The front end was perfectly aligned. Everything is perfectly
> square.  THe eccentrics are in the center of the range on the
> bottom with factory-correct settings: 0 camber, something-caster,
> 1/16" toe. No groans, klunks, loose parts or other craziness.  The
> passenger side is fine, both installed at the same time both from
> the same box.