upper control arm removal

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Jul 26, 2024 | 09:24 PM

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Steve Stroman

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From: Houston, Texas

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Originally Posted by Haggisbash

The spring is trapped by the frame pocket at the top and the lower A arm at the bottom. I've removed the upper A arms before by jacking the car putting the front on jack stands, removing the wheels, placing a jack under the outer end of the lower A arm but not taking the weight, seperating the upper ball joints and then undoing the bolts. While you have the arms removed it would be a good time to have the holes elongated to increase caster as mentioned above.

Will the weight of the car alone (sans engine and transmission) be enough to allow me to just separate the ball joint? I was under the impression that I would need the weight of the engine to keep the spring from unloading and not being able to get the ball joints back installed.

Jul 26, 2024 | 09:47 PM

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leigh1322

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From: Marlton NJ

Maybe.
But you removed roughly 400-600# off of a 1800# front end.
So also maybe not.
A piece of all-thread down where the shock was makes it easy, and safe.

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