1948-1952 Shop Service Manual - - Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club

FRONT SUSPENSION 12 -7
plus not more than a five pound pressure from a horizontal
position. It must have n o perceptible shake. The pivot
must not be rotated as this will throw the pivot off center
with the support arm.
3. Remove cotter pin, nut, and eccentric bushing pivot bolt
(25).
4. Remove eccentric bushing seals (49).
5. Remove bushing (23) from the steering spindle support
and upper support arm.
6. Remove eccentric bushing from steering spindle support
using upper support arm eccentric bushing adjusting
wrench "KMO- 366," Figure 12.
INSTALLATION:
1. Install eccentric bushing into steering spindle support
(Hexagon head of bushing to the front).
2. Install eccentric bushing lock screw (24), but do not
tighten.
FIGURE 10
23. Eccentric bushing
25. Eccentric bushing pivot bolt
26. Upper support arm
28. Upper support pivot and bracket
36. Upper support arm pivot bushings
49. Eccentric bushing seals
3. Hold the steering spindle support in the center of the
upper support arm and install the support arm pivot bolt.
Turn the bolt until the head seats securely.
4. Install nut and cotter pin.
ECCENTRIC BUSHING
REMOVAL:
1. Place a jack under lower support arm and raise the car off
the floor.
FIGURE 12
5. Use Wrench KMO-366 to adjust eccentric bushing. Adjust
caster and camber.
6. Tighten lock screw securely.
FIGURE 11
2. Remove eccentric bushing lock screw and washer (24),
Figure 11.
NOTE: Turning the eccentric bushing two complete turns
3/16" clockwise will give a plus 1° change of caster
andtwo complete turns 3/16" counterclockwise will give
a minus 1° change of caster.