Hi guys, Can you tell me if any of these shock fit a 55 imperial. I can't seem to get a parts house shock for my car. RC Billings, Montanaaaa --- Eric <gearhead@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bob, > KYB KG-4507 for the front set. I put KG-5423 on the > rear axle for my '72 > Newport, which is from KYB Truck & Van division, > meaning heavy duty. They > are quite firm in the rear. The C-body Yahoo list > has recently had part # > KG-5512 for rear shocks on the 'C-body' cars, and > Chris Hawkins is posting > an instructional on KYB shock installation, > indicating KG-5511 for the rear > set on a '62 model Imperial. I'll assume the KG-5511 > would be best for your > '64. > > There is a front shock lower mount modification > needed, one needs to > grind/saw a small amount of the mount material as it > is slightly too wide to > fit in the lower control arm. There is also a bit of > an orchestrated > movement in releasing the holding strap at the top > of the front shock, and > simultaneous lifting of the lower control arm to > meet the lower mount, I > used a hydraulic floor jack in this procedure. I had > the lower ball joint > separated from the steering knuckle and to my > memory, this was the only way > I could fit the shock into the shock tower due to > interference w/the lower > control arm while it was still attached to the > knuckle. The couple of > complications were worth the effort for the added > control given, losing the > boat-float feel. > > Eric > Portland, Oregon > **************************************** > From: "Bob Kinker" <robertkinker@xxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: IML: KYB Shocks on My 62 Imp. > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:50:36 -0400 > Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_003C_01C4BDA5.1F8B1A80 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > What is the part number for fronts on a 64 Crown > Coupe? > > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ===== RC Billings, Montanaaaaaa http://www.imperialclub.com/temp/1955/RogerCrabtree/ Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm