front end rebuild, starting winter project Options

[nycchef]

hi all. getting ready to start rebuilding the sloppy front end on my 73 2.0. seems straight forward enough, so i figure it should only take 4 or 5 months to complete.
i am ordering lemfoerder turbo tie rods and ball joints, then a pair of rebuilt calipers from eric shea. what type of front shocks should i buy. kyb or bilstein? boge may be out of my budget. what are your thoughts.
also what bushings, nuts, spacers or other little crap should i get in house to avoid the weeks of waiting in shipping hell for a bolt or pin i may have missed?
this is a street car. no racing or auto cross.
thanks in advance for all the dumbass questions this project will no doubt create (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)

[r_towle]

front wheel bearings are standard cheap yearly replacement items....
Ball joints are not cheap, but there is no choice of vendors.

Rotors have a minimum width, check that by the book.
Rotors have runout, they are meant to wiggle a little bit side to side, but if they were overheated to many times, they wiggle to much or have to much runout.

Runout can be checked with a dial indicator mounted firmly and then you find the high spot. once you find the high spot, zero out the gauge then turn the rotor once to see how big the difference is between the high spot and the low spot.

OR,
just buy new rotors and replace the 35 year old rotors.

Rich

[nycchef]

front wheel bearings are standard cheap yearly replacement items....
Ball joints are not cheap, but there is no choice of vendors.

Rotors have a minimum width, check that by the book.
Rotors have runout, they are meant to wiggle a little bit side to side, but if they were overheated to many times, they wiggle to much or have to much runout.

Runout can be checked with a dial indicator mounted firmly and then you find the high spot. once you find the high spot, zero out the gauge then turn the rotor once to see how big the difference is between the high spot and the low spot.

OR,
just buy new rotors and replace the 35 year old rotors.

Rich

might as well replace the rotors. then all is new. should i think about pulling the entire front suspension and cleaning it up or am i asking for more problems.