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  1. AKimball92

    Steering Rack In/Out Play

    I am experiencing a weird play in my steering rack. While driving there is no vibrations, like I experienced in the old rack that came with the car. While in a corner the steering will shift when steering under load. It can be anticipated. The shift is not a clunk or vibration but a smooth...
  2. D

    Installing Front Control Arm Rubber Bushings Using Common Items

    Here's a technique for installing front control arm rubber bushings that uses one repurposed plumbing connector and tools, equipment and supplies that most home mechanics will already have. 1. Start with your control arm removed from the car. This one has been bead blasted. 2. Since the...
  3. Dr.Jeff

    Front suspension bushings

    Today I got back to rebuilding the suspension parts and tried installing new rubber bushings into the front main arms (pics to follow). The new bushes are from a aftermarket manufacturer (Delphi) and feel noticeably firmer rubber than the stock Fiat ones. Therefore that may have something to do...
  4. K

    126 steering parts diagram -- possible steering link replacement

    Hi everyone, I'm trying to hunt down the parts numbers for a 126 steering section. Particularly the steering link with the u-joint on each end. If anyone has a parts diagram or list please let me know or post it here. Thank you all for the help.
  5. rx1900

    Suspension re-fresh

    Hi folks. As part of my restoration, I decided to re-fresh the suspension of my X1/9. Like many of yours....the car had been sitting for quite a few years. The suspension parts were looking somewhat rusty,and the bushings and boots were old, tired, hardened, and cracked in places. I also built...
  6. kmead

    Late X1/9 Rear Wheel Bearing Replacement by Rupunzell (Bernice Loui)

    This post is a copy and paste of the excellent work of Bernice Loui (@Rupunzel). Reposted here to have it in multiple places on the the forum and be searchable using tags. I have had nothing to do with this, it is the excellent work of the noted author. Karl No need to post to this thread...
  7. Rodger

    Fender rolling the X

    I was out for a test drive a couple of months ago as I was dialing in my suspension on my ’81 K20 swap. I had installed a set of the MWB Koni coilovers as part of the restomod, plus I was checking out a set of prototype front sway bar brackets that Doug Martin (@rx1900) had designed and sent...
  8. lookforjoe

    Rear (and Front) Wheel Bearing Replacement (5spd).

    Picking up from this thread. Rear Bearings are 37x37x72mm. You can use Fiat 500 front wheel bearings for the rear. I had to redo one rear wheel bearing from 2015, and replace the other side original (137K miles) Fiat diagram. Plate (#5) is actually between 1 & 2, since it installs from the...
  9. jovani

    Shock mounts upgrade

    About a year ago I installed Ford Focus mounts on my 81 X1/9 and just for fun, not that it makes much difference, I added thrust roller bearings on the front ones. For the skeptics happy to report that all four corners are in perfect shape, work as expected and vs the original mounts I don't see...
  10. B

    Control arm bushing removal/install

    I'm in the process of replacing all of the bushings on my '81 X and I'm starting with the rear control arms. I found a thread instructing to drill out the rubber portion, use a hack saw to cut the metal outer shell in two places, and lastly hammer it out. I found it a huge PITA on the first...
  11. kmead

    Adjustment instructions for Koni struts?

    Good day all. As the Koni struts I have came off a car in a boneyard back in the early 1990s, I don't have instructions on how to adjust them. These are the instructions I found on the Koni website. Are these correct for our old struts? Does anyone have the original directions for how to...
  12. Dr.Jeff

    Suspension: Koni strut servicing

    I have a set of 4 Koni struts for the X1/9. They are new (as in never been used), but old (as in manufactured back in the 80's). Due to their extended shelf existence I decided the best thing would be to service them before installation. In this case I refer to a "service" as a complete tear...
  13. carl

    Steering rack bushing failure mode?

    What is the typical failure mode for these plastic bushings? I have the rack on the work bench and the boot removed. I don't see any pieces of the bushing but I do see what might be the bushing pushed further into the housing tube. Do the locating tabs break and the bushing just gets pushed...
  14. J

    KYB rear shocks for 1977 X1/9

    Hi All I am looking at buying new rear KYB shocks for my 77 X1/9. I have been to the vendor sites and I see shocks for later models but these can be used for a 77. The notes on the product say that I can drill a larger hole or buy new mounts that will fit on the 77. Has anyone done this or do...
  15. Fiataccompli

    Steering rack grease (or oil)

    The shop manual says use 90 EP or lithium/moly grease.....I just finished replacing the right side bushing on my '85 and the left side boot & the gear housing were pretty nasty from probably years of seeping. My gut feeling is grease is a better bet viscosity-wise for staying place & doing it's...
  16. jovani

    Shock mounts - replacement

    This is the correct forum to post my latest mod. Ford Focus strut mounts are easy replacement for low quality, hard to find or overpriced X mounts. Little machine work and 2 new holes are required, but nothing too costly. Obvious benefits are a decade of future availability at local pars store...
  17. O

    Killer Koni Coilovers...

    Been hanging onto my track suspension & wheels in hopes I could return to running trackdays. Finally came to difficult realization that my 40+ years of running trackdays are over. This killer suspension transformed an ordinary X into formidable track machine. As UlixG, AndyJ, DeanR, & MarkF can...
  18. ecohen2

    Stock Spring Rates?

    Hey, Does anyone happen to know what the stock spring rates were for Bertones? Front and back? Thanks, Ed
  19. Dr.Jeff

    "Dog-bone" [engine torque strut] rebuild...updated with new content

    I know this has been addressed a few times in the past, but I did not find any documentation of the procedure nor photos of the results (I apologize if someone else has documented this already). So I'll add what I did here: Prior posts have suggested a few alternatives for replacement bushings...
  20. Eastep

    Vick Autosports coilover unboxing.

    Just arrived! Enjoy.
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