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Old 12-02-2005, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by SirNik84
its not poticulary hard, but its not easy ether. i replaced the whole front end all the controle arms, tie rods, break reaction rod bushings.. everying that could be changes got changed. its was very hard to drive afterward do to the alignment being so horrabley off. but once it was aligned it drove like a dream.
A long piece of string (to line toe against rear wheels) and a carpenters level for getting camber set gets you close enough to safely drive to alignment shop. I did that with my W116 when I rebuilt the entire front end.
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