Front End Rebuild
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Racer
Joined: Apr 1999
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From: Lithia Fl
Front End Rebuild
My '92 has 107,000 miles.I want to rebuild the front end.Has anyone did this in his garage or were the parts sent out to the machine shop for pressing of bushing-poly or rubber. :confused:
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Livermore Ca
St. Jude Donor '05-'06
Re: Front End Rebuild (Ernest)
I've done this a couple of months ago.
I had a suspension shop press in my new poly bushings and ball joints for $100. Uppers and lowers.
Tyied to do it my self but broke a few tools along the way.
I had a suspension shop press in my new poly bushings and ball joints for $100. Uppers and lowers.
Tyied to do it my self but broke a few tools along the way.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2002
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From: Tucson Az
St. Jude Contributor
Re: Front End Rebuild (Ernest)
It's a very do-able job, here's some pic's from my '84 (hope the pic's come up)....... 
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Drifting
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: Phoenix, Arizona
Re: Front End Rebuild (Ernest)
All suspension bushing can be done in the garage. But, only if your garage has a hydralic press :D Otherwise, your plan to take the components to a shop (try a good alignment shop because they do this for a living) is a good one to do the heavier press work. Some of it can be done in a vice, but not all - lower ball joints for example. I recently saw an estimate of something like $700 labor to do every bushing front & rear, plus the tie rod ends and ball joints. I thought that was pretty reasonable because Jason (RX7 KLR) and I did my front end, including modifing the spring bumpers to lower it, in his garage (he had the press) in one day. But we both worked the whole day and didn't really stop much at all for about 8 hours straight. That was just the front end too. It's mostly a lot of manual labor. Good luck, Paul :flag
