Originally Posted by tttomttt

Replaced front wishbone assy, replaced bushings and ball joints of the tension strut, drivers CV axle(boot tear), repaired frozen passenger side caliper and replaced rotor all in the pursuit of curing a front end vibration.
I chose to replace the tension strut parts to save some $ and I have a 20 ton press so why not, however the ball joint ends that fit into the hub are a bit of a bear. The wishbone was only $35 a piece from FCP so why bother restoring it and I just replaced it. The frozen caliper was a fairly simple fix and only $15 to rebuild and while I was at it I did the brake fluid flush. I replaced the rotor figuring the caliper might of warped it and it is a warranty item from FCP. The CV axle was a bit of a bear in that I wanted to just replace the torn outer boot but could not do that without releasing the inner boot as well ( see CV boot replaced in 30 minutes ). This unfortunately opened a whole can of worms for me as the CV axle must have been a replacement. The axle nut was 6 pt. 41mm nut, the shaft between the to joints was larger than normal so clamping the new boots was very difficult and the inner joint larger end was actually smaller than a stock joint so the boot did not fit correctly. After a test hop and an even worse vibration than before plus the poor fitting inner boot slung grease everywhere I ordered a new GKN CV axle from FCP.
I am happy to say that all is now well with the X and the front end feels nice and tight and I am very happy with the results. I failed to mention that I have had the wheels balanced as well and next up is an alignment.
If anyone has any questions about this feel free to ask.
Tom