Winter project has begun!
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Parts don't show up til Monday so this weekend ill put that on my list. Better safe than sorry, besides its still easy to pull out torque tube at this moment. Exhaust not on yet, and tunnel plate still off as well. Good advice ill post up what I see in there.
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Got some parts back from powder , installing the tunnel plate today so new exhaust can go on. Hopefully LG headers go in easy? The swaybars ill wait to install after control arms are completed.
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Got poly bushings today so started that project. Old bushings are actually pretty easy to press out. The alum tube is another story. Short of torching it out of the stock rubber bushing nothing seems to work. So instead ill just make another alum tube. No clean up and way faster. It's .97 OD by .250 wall , actually common size. Ordering that in morn. So tackled the oil pressure sensor replacement as well, got manifold off. Pretty easy only took about 20 min. Got new sensor in and just cleaning up area before I reinstall.
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Really bad practice pulling the cradle, differential, and torque tube together. Not sure why you painted the tunnel plate, I suspect that paint will last about 1 hour of driving. 
Like others have stated, with that much mileage, rebuilding the torque tube is a no brainer. Many have done these same tasks on this forum, and documented them with the correct procedures.
Good luck.
Like others have stated, with that much mileage, rebuilding the torque tube is a no brainer. Many have done these same tasks on this forum, and documented them with the correct procedures.
Good luck.
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Tunnel plate is not painted, it's powder coated . Will take up to 600 degrees. Exhaust is not that hot that far back. This week the guibos is being replaced as well. Actually not that hard to pull assembly out and check/replace.
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I havnt tried taking cradle out while leaving diff/tranny assembly. Im taking it out again tonight to replace the guibos. Ill try it and see how it goes.
The interior on my car is ok, lol. It needs new seats which are still on the way. Carpet is fine along with all the plastic pieces. The door panels are worn, need something there. The center console im gonna hydro dip carbon fiber.
The interior on my car is ok, lol. It needs new seats which are still on the way. Carpet is fine along with all the plastic pieces. The door panels are worn, need something there. The center console im gonna hydro dip carbon fiber.
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I havnt tried taking cradle out while leaving diff/tranny assembly. Im taking it out again tonight to replace the guibos. Ill try it and see how it goes.
The interior on my car is ok, lol. It needs new seats which are still on the way. Carpet is fine along with all the plastic pieces. The door panels are worn, need something there. The center console im gonna hydro dip carbon fiber.
The interior on my car is ok, lol. It needs new seats which are still on the way. Carpet is fine along with all the plastic pieces. The door panels are worn, need something there. The center console im gonna hydro dip carbon fiber.
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I havnt tried taking cradle out while leaving diff/tranny assembly. Im taking it out again tonight to replace the guibos. Ill try it and see how it goes.
The interior on my car is ok, lol. It needs new seats which are still on the way. Carpet is fine along with all the plastic pieces. The door panels are worn, need something there. The center console im gonna hydro dip carbon fiber.
The interior on my car is ok, lol. It needs new seats which are still on the way. Carpet is fine along with all the plastic pieces. The door panels are worn, need something there. The center console im gonna hydro dip carbon fiber.
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Worked on the bushings while some friends stopped by to help with the guibos. Again. Lol. I would definitely recommend getting the bushings with the alum spacers. Just a PITA and time consuming otherwise. Top control arms easy, lower not so much. First the bottom come one piece?? Impossible to press that in. And the lower ones on the rear have a steel sleeve that cannot be reused. Now have to fab up some kind of spacer for bottom one that has the toe setting. So get the more expensive set. WORTH it. The guys got torque tube out again, disassembly tomorow night. Some pics of the bushing fun. Good times...
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Well busy day, got driveline back in. Took apart
Torque tube and replaced coupler. Was pretty easy. Had help tho. With driveline back in, again, got all rear bushings installed. Assembled everything and got swaybar on as well. Looks killer. Front control arms are next.
Torque tube and replaced coupler. Was pretty easy. Had help tho. With driveline back in, again, got all rear bushings installed. Assembled everything and got swaybar on as well. Looks killer. Front control arms are next.