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So Joe stopped by for a little while yesterday......
Installation of rear LCAs and rebuilt Knuckles (w/new Timken bearings) with Delrin bushings installed went very smoothly, no issues.
Then, I started work on the front, changing the LCAs and strut rod to LCA bushings.
The pic shows the old bushings, on the GOOD side!
I was unable to remove the lower shock to LCA bolts on either side and we had to remove the shock/LCA as an assembly on both sides.
After quite a bit of work, we were able to remove one of the bolts, the other had to be ground, cut, and drilled out. Was unable to remove the 30mm nuts on the forward ends of the strut rods, but those bushings actually looked OK.
Amazingly, considering that the solenoid o-rings were not where they belonged, they had rolled to the bottom during some previous work, Joe said that the bags hadn't leaked. I repositioned and lubricated them, and reinstalled them correctly.
Long damn day!
Installation of rear LCAs and rebuilt Knuckles (w/new Timken bearings) with Delrin bushings installed went very smoothly, no issues.
Then, I started work on the front, changing the LCAs and strut rod to LCA bushings.
The pic shows the old bushings, on the GOOD side!
I was unable to remove the lower shock to LCA bolts on either side and we had to remove the shock/LCA as an assembly on both sides.
After quite a bit of work, we were able to remove one of the bolts, the other had to be ground, cut, and drilled out. Was unable to remove the 30mm nuts on the forward ends of the strut rods, but those bushings actually looked OK.
Amazingly, considering that the solenoid o-rings were not where they belonged, they had rolled to the bottom during some previous work, Joe said that the bags hadn't leaked. I repositioned and lubricated them, and reinstalled them correctly.
Long damn day!