Front end time!
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Front end time!
So this weekend im tearing into the 855 to get some much-needed front end work done. I'm replacing struts, springs (H&R), strut mounts, bearing plates, a arms, driveshafts, wheel hubs, and sway bar links on both sides.
You get to a point (well, i do anyway) where you just say "**** on it, this car has 155k miles on it, and all this stuff is original" and opt to replace everything while you're in there.
Is all of this stuff bad? Well, both driveshafts have rips in the outer boots, the sway bar links are shot, one of the ball joints is starting to clunk, and ive got a REALLY bad strut mount on the drivers side. Thats what i know is bad. the rest of it....well, i dont have tons of free time since i went back to school and am working full time, and cant afford to have the car down for a bad hub or the like.
Wish me luck. so far, the new strut assemblies are back together (thanks to tuner4life) and im fighting with the driver's side axle to get it out. more on that in related thread....but none of this seems too terribly bad, at least not once i got the sway bar links off. Hoping this will be done by tomorrow night.
You get to a point (well, i do anyway) where you just say "**** on it, this car has 155k miles on it, and all this stuff is original" and opt to replace everything while you're in there.
Is all of this stuff bad? Well, both driveshafts have rips in the outer boots, the sway bar links are shot, one of the ball joints is starting to clunk, and ive got a REALLY bad strut mount on the drivers side. Thats what i know is bad. the rest of it....well, i dont have tons of free time since i went back to school and am working full time, and cant afford to have the car down for a bad hub or the like.
Wish me luck. so far, the new strut assemblies are back together (thanks to tuner4life) and im fighting with the driver's side axle to get it out. more on that in related thread....but none of this seems too terribly bad, at least not once i got the sway bar links off. Hoping this will be done by tomorrow night.
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Can anyone offer me some guidance on why the drivers side joint will not come out of the transmission? Right now, I've got a chisel in between the driveshaft and transfer case, and ive been hammering it up there to pull them apart, and no luck. Tried a 3 foot pry bar, and no luck. tried a screwdriver, and no luck. I'm seriously starting to get concerned that this thing isnt going to come out.
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