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Old 11-06-2018, 03:37 PM
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It seems the high resistance contact caused some secondary damage. Yellow arrow points to plastic rivet that appears raised: meaning the metal is depressed as it heated and melted the plastic, that's usually how the failure goes. I would pull the metal back up and support it or even with the aluminum contact it will just happen again
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Thanks for the feedback andrewwynn
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Replaced the front ball joints. did this with no torch or major tools. Just take your time and they eventually work their way out. I will upload pictures but I can't seem to figure out where to go to do this

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Replaced the front ball joints. did this with no torch or major tools. Just take your time and they eventually work their way out. I will upload pictures but I can't seem to figure out where to go to do this

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Old 11-08-2018, 12:34 AM
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Finished assembling the transmission yesterday. The torque converter also came in yesterday, so I will be installing the transmission today.
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