Control Arm Question
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Racer
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Control Arm Question
I am doing my first complete front suspension rebuild on my 80 and After I removed and painted the upper control arms,I laid them on the garage floor left and right side,but when I got home from work,my wife had pushed them out of the way and now I am not certain which is left or right side, any way to tell without much difficulty?
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Well I did the same thing and I think it would difficult to install them on the wrong sides. Just hold them up and look for aligment of the ball joints and spindle. Spindle should pretty much verticle if you have the left and right confused the spindle would tilt foward or back.
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I am doing my first complete front suspension rebuild on my 80 and After I removed and painted the upper control arms,I laid them on the garage floor left and right side,but when I got home from work,my wife had pushed them out of the way and now I am not certain which is left or right side, any way to tell without much difficulty?
I'm glad you asked this question because I did the same thing.
FYI, I priced getting bushings installed and was quoted $15 per bushing; that's $120!. Today I went to Harbor Freight and bought a 12-ton hydraulic press for $106. I just finished building my upper control arms. Tomorrow I attack the lowers. See you on the road.
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I'm glad you asked this question because I did the same thing.
FYI, I priced getting bushings installed and was quoted $15 per bushing; that's $120!. Today I went to Harbor Freight and bought a 12-ton hydraulic press for $106. I just finished building my upper control arms. Tomorrow I attack the lowers. See you on the road.
FYI, I priced getting bushings installed and was quoted $15 per bushing; that's $120!. Today I went to Harbor Freight and bought a 12-ton hydraulic press for $106. I just finished building my upper control arms. Tomorrow I attack the lowers. See you on the road.
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Bushing removal
To remove the upper control arm bushing,I used a 1" holesaw to cut out the rubber and then just used a hammer and small chisel to pop out the metal shell.On the lower control arms I used a 1 1/8 holesaw to cut out the rubber and again a hammer and chisel to tap out the metal shell. I installed poly bushings and they were easy to install,just separate the bushing and tap in the metal shell and then install the bushing,was very easy to do!
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To remove the upper control arm bushing,I used a 1" holesaw to cut out the rubber and then just used a hammer and small chisel to pop out the metal shell.On the lower control arms I used a 1 1/8 holesaw to cut out the rubber and again a hammer and chisel to tap out the metal shell. I installed poly bushings and they were easy to install,just separate the bushing and tap in the metal shell and then install the bushing,was very easy to do!
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