I just bought an 84 Avanti. It turns out the bellcrank was bad. In 63/64 they went to a bushing style while the earlier one (used since 51) had bearings. I replaced this one with one with bearings.
For some reason these are often overlooked when the car is greased. I bet there is at least one person reading this forum that is unaware that you have to grease the bellcrank on cars from 1950 forward!
I took it for a test drive after the repair and several problems on the list of things to investigate are corrected! These include 1) steering wandering, 2) shimmy in the front end 3) the unknown "clunk" is gone and 4) I bet the tires will no longer wear on the inside like the current ones did.
For some reason these are often overlooked when the car is greased. I bet there is at least one person reading this forum that is unaware that you have to grease the bellcrank on cars from 1950 forward!
I took it for a test drive after the repair and several problems on the list of things to investigate are corrected! These include 1) steering wandering, 2) shimmy in the front end 3) the unknown "clunk" is gone and 4) I bet the tires will no longer wear on the inside like the current ones did.
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