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Old 02-21-2008, 11:42 PM
derburger derburger is offline
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Originally Posted by OlBrenner View Post
I can do the UCA in about 10 minutes flat including jacking the car and removing the wheel. Jack the car up so BOTH wheels are in the air that way the sway bar isn't loaded, ubolt the sway bar bushings first, unbolt and remove arm from spindle (use pickle fork and a medium sledge, 5 decent whacks and it should let go), unbolt arm from body, remove and throw at the next door neighbors dog that never stops barking, insert new control arm bolt to car (leave hand tight for now), Here's the golden trick, ok... you ready for it? Use your pickle fork (or any long pipe) and jam it under the sway bar and into the body opening (where control bolts to, you'll see what i mean when you're in there) and pry upwards (doesn't require insane torque, if you are not a 100lb woman you can do it easily) to retighten sway bar bushings as you hold the sway bar up. and finally pry upwards again to fit the ball joint in the spindle. EASY CHEESY!!!
I wish read this before I did one UCA on my car. It took me 4 hours to do, I removed the air cleaner, battery and tray to remove and replace the upper bolt. I couldn't get the ball joint into the spindle all the way, there is 1mm gap left. I think I'll remove the nut holding the spindle with the wheels on to unload the rollbar and put it on again. Sounds right?
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