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I used the service manual method and put a bolt in the end of the shaft then pressed and as I suspected the inner sleeve and rubber came out. No biggie but the shaft would not come out so I made a washer with a slot to fit over the shaft end and used that to press the outer sleeve flush with the control arm then reversed and pressed the other one out. After that the outer sleeve just pulled out by hand.
The sway bar connecting links is what I mean by the rubber bits... but it could have been the two that attach the sway bar to the frame which would be different for different diameter sway bars.
Everything is ready to assemble on the passenger side. First item was the upper control arm bumper. I used some o-ring lube on the pointy part and slipped a loop of braided string (my plumb bob string) up through the hole and wrapped it 1 1/2 times around the base of the pointy thing. While pulling not very hard and twisting the bumper it just screwed in with about a half a turn so easy I was really surprised. I'll have to video that on the drivers side.
Removing the idler arm was interesting, took a few minutes to figure out what I had to do to get the top bolt out. Turns out after breaking it loose from the bottom a swivel head ratchet wrench and a box end wrench from the top was the ticket.
I put the spring back in yesterday and used a spring compressor I bought at Oreilly's and that was well worth the money. I saw a video where a guy put the bolt through from the top and just used the one jaw but the bolt from this compressor would not go all the way through so I just used it as it was designed. Also in the videos I saw they used a ratchet strap to pull the spring in so the lower control arm could be raised, I didn't need to do that.
Putting the Bilstein shock on the front the service manual says 90 Lb-In torque on the top nut and I don't have a way to measure that with an allen wrench in the shaft. Anyone have an idea of what the rubber bits might look like at 90 Lb-In?
Putting the Bilstein shock on the front the service manual says 90 Lb-In torque on the top nut and I don't have a way to measure that with an allen wrench in the shaft. Anyone have an idea of what the rubber bits might look like at 90 Lb-In?
JT
skip the torque wrench..squish to size of washer. I tried 90 inch and it crushed the bushing..
Last edited by interpon; Nov 18, 2024 at 07:46 PM.
Well I got one tie rod tube in and the right hand threads didn't go deep enough so I had to return it. The replacement and the second one are on back order until the 24th. The passenger side is complete except for that.
Putting the Bilstein shock on the front the service manual says 90 Lb-In torque on the top nut and I don't have a way to measure that with an allen wrench in the shaft. Anyone have an idea of what the rubber bits might look like at 90 Lb-In?
The allen wrench or socket keeps the shaft from turning while you tighten the nut that is on the shaft. The allen tool in the end of the shaft prevents you from using a socket and a torque wrench.
Got the lower control arm off and that only took a few minutes. The drivers side is so much easier to disassemble now that I've done the passenger side and know what to do.
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