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Old 05-16-2021, 07:34 AM
wuzilla wuzilla is offline
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This is my current weekend project - rear balljoint, upper control arms, shocks, and swaybar links. I'll grab a photo later of what 150k mile Northeast suspension components look like (hint: it's not pretty!). I bought the lower arm bushings and was planning on doing those while in there, but the bolts are so crusty, I didn't want to even think about fighting them. They also don't feel horrid (based on my levering the thing around to try and get it out of the way). I'm paused half way through putting back together the first side - that coil spring makes getting the balljoint bolt lined up a huge pia! Really need a third arm and prybar here.

Where did you see the subframe bushing tool for $50? Judging by how every other suspension component has aged, I know this will be a future project (even though I'm not experiencing any major symptoms just yet).
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