Rebushing #3

[rhipsher]

Ok I just got done rebushing the front end which includes the steering rack and both upper and lower A-arms. And of course a few weeks ago inner and outter tie rods. Now I promissed that I would do an official write up with pictures on this. Since I'm not a registered paying member of this site but have been a member for 3 years it's the least I can do to contribute. So here goes.
Now last I had left off on this I had just pulled the lower A-arms off. The bushings for them come in two halves. You just stick one in one side and on in the other then push the sleeve in and thats it. Here they are after install.


Once the lowers are installed you want to bring the lower arm up to the wheel spindle so you can bolt it together. I used a 36mm socket to protect the grease fitting from getting crushed. Then jack it up and bolt together. My ball joints were still in good shape. But I did reboot them before bolting together.



Now rebushing the upper A-arms is a little more tricky because they consist of two different size bushings and one of them involves some finess. But I'll get into that later.

Removing the upper A-arm. Remove the cotter pin and unbolt the nut. Then take a ball joint seperater/fork and place it in between the arm and ball joint. Take a 3lbs sledge hammer and give it a couple of whacks to break the taper lock. Step to one side before you hit it otherwise you might get a lap full of grease jizz. It tends to squirt.


Then remove access panel.