great. thanks for clearing up that i don't need to worry about removing the spring for doing either lower ball joint or upper control arms

replaced tie rod ends so far. i just used a two hook gear puller to separate the tie rod ends. why do people try to use a pickle fork or bfh on them when a gear puller works so easy?

have to do idler arm bearing/bushing next. then track rod mounts, which I thought I had replaced a couple years ago, but at least on the drivers side it's bad. can see it move in and out when some one moves the car back and forth with the brake on. at least i know what the crunching sound under my left foot is from! but frustrating that it wore out so quickly. also had lower ball joints replaced, but boot is torn on both of them. car only has 91K on it but time is the enemy i guess. 86 560SEL

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R Martin
Dallas, TX (Addison)

86 560SEL, 128K