remvoing lower control arms tommarow any advice?

a_k

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I got the x2 balljoints so I need to take the lower control arm off and get the new ball joints and bushings pressed in tommarow. Any advice in getting them off, I heard it is a real pain in the ass. I'm also doing the bumpsteer kit but that seems pretty self explanitory. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

Adam

 

MysteryMachine

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Yeah i'd like to know all this too I'll be doing it soon myself

 

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the control arms are easy but you will need a long handle breaker bar or ratchet because the nuts and bolts are on there pretty good, when you undo the spindle, you must hammer on the spindle and not the ball joint, other than that just the regular jack stands and a jack will do just fine, the bumpsteer kit must be done with a bumpsteer guage for best results but as long as the tie rod is parallel with the control arm you should be ok.

 

juiced_94gt

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and again on removing the tie rods you must hit the spindle there to and not the tie rod or you will have a hell of a time trying to hit the rod or the ball joint itself.

 

MysteryMachine

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well as far as the bumpsteer kit on mine as soon as its back together its getting aligned so hopefully they know what to do with it

 

Saleen8786

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just dont forget to take pressure off the springs. You dont want them shooting out

 

a_k

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Thanks i got everything off, driver side fine,
one of the bolts on the passanger side holding the control arm on is stuck. I hammered at it for hours and it would come loose. Just that one bolt and everything is good and I can bring the parts to the shop. It sucks real bad. ANy advice, I'm going to try to heat it up in a few.

 

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harley02

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When a hammer and penetrating lube dont work I always go to propane and heat that biotch up. You'll get it.

 

DarkProphet

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Sorry, i dont mean to whore your post, but for those who did the x2 balljoints did you also install the spacer too or did you leave it out?

 

a_k

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yeah i'm not having any luck with even a propane tortch. THe bolt moves maybe 1 inch but only after hitting it with a sledgehammer. I'm going to leave the spacers out it's only a quarter inch more of a drop. I'll post a pic if you want with its done with my springs. Thanks again

 

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Get a BIG breaker bar or steel pipe. I mean like 4 foot long. Those bolts are big so I doubt youll snap one. Either that or youll need an acetylene (sp) torch. Propane doesnt get it hot enough, acetylene will get it nice and hot to break the rust.

 

MysteryMachine

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Air impact wrench and torch work well together

 

a_k

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Yeah the problem is it just spins and doesnt back out. It must be rusted inside the metal sleeve the bolt goes through real bad. It's so bad, i've never seen anything like it, i guess I'm going to have to find acetylene tortch or something. This sucks real bad, I just got my gears installed and now I cant even drive it. Thanks everyone, i'll let you know how it goes.

 

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Unless there is something very different about the X-2 ball joints they can be done on the car. Regular ball joints can be installed with a ball joint press which you can probably borrow at Autozone. Much easier than removing the arms for just the ball joints.

 

MysteryMachine

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propane works you just gotta leave it on there a while