T3 front end--- What to inspect for ?

[Piledriver]

As I'm a newbie in the T3 realm, what specifically do I need to inspect for as I go through the frontend?

I know it has to be kept greased well or hard to find/replace parts will wear out, but other than tie rod ends with 1/2" of play giving the car an intense attraction to rain grooves , what particular expensive parts do we check out, assuming all the POs were morons. (usually a safe assumtion, espectially given the 34PICT-3 that was sticking out of a hole in the engine cover... In a SQUAREBACK...)

No...Really. I think I still have the pictures, it was classic, and hammering that bug manifold onto the T3 was fatal for the incomplete cooling system tin... It has a T4 in it now, so NBD)

[david58]

Rust, worn parts.
Just bumping this up Pile.

[fusername]

threads almost a year old, still on the front page, fraida bump wont help you much
http://shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=124108

[Piledriver]

Thanks, fuser, that and the needle bearins is a good start.
The steering gear box seems to have a little vertical play in the output shaft, but that's adjustable.
EDIT---Adjusted, made a huge difference as expected, looks like it hadn't been touched since `73, still need to check/add gear lube.

Now that I have it in running/driving state it's time to start ripping it apart again!

The sway bar (upper beam) seems to lack zerk fittings... still looking.

Started my Google run, aircoolednut has a nice pagetto read while I wait on a Bentley...
(Should have ordered that months ago)
http://www.aircoolednut.com/erkson/ttt/ ... ystem.html

[Tom Notch]

The upper grease fitting is just behind the beam to body mount bolt head, buried under grease. There is a hole in the beam to frame clamp piece that it sticks through. Hope that makes sense......