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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby
Thanks for the updates Garrett, you're doing great! I'm due to do these parts next year, my miles are low but my right rear is already out of spec with camber and at the age of the parts anything with rubber bushings or ball joints is going to be worn.
Interesting on the integral link, I'm wondering if letting the air out of the spring would give more wiggle room to play
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Air suspension has been drained! (Which is a piece of cake btw)
Maybe someone else with more experience with this repair can chime-in but my experience here what I found
If you install the integral link first - it's difficult to slip the suspension arm past the balljoint to line it up. It'll end up hitting the rubber boot and that's not good. The ball joint needs to pivot slightly to allow the arm to pass over it. Maybe if I had a lift it'd be easier? I am working in contorted positions on the floor
The other side of the ball-joint has a little raised collar portion that fits into the end of the integral link. Once the suspension arm is aligned with the balljoint - the balljoint can't pivot anymore which causes issues with getting that collar to fit in the IL squarely The IL needs to swing (arc) into its final place. I found its about 1mm or less too much interference.
The solution was to start the alignment process on the ball-joint suspension arm-side, but just slightly so the balljoint can still pivot. Don't align the holes. Then start the integral link side - then you can coax the mess together with a plastic mallet. I know I fiddled with this for more than an hour last night before figuring that out
It's a little hard to explain without pictures.
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