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Originally Posted by Orv
Did this job yesterday afternoon, so I thought I'd put some notes here.
I borrowed a ball joint press but found I didn't actually need to disconnect the ball joints -- once the long bolt was out I was able to push the idler arm sufficiently out of the way. Naturally I had both front wheels off the ground, so they were able to assume different angles to allow for the different geometry.
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Oh sorry about that - I guess you managed to push the bolt upwards; mine was rusted onto the idler arm.
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Originally Posted by Orv
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The hardest part was getting the old bushings out. One of the manuals shows a guy pulling them out with his fingers, which I think is supposed to be dry German humor.
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Indeed - you've just reminded me of that haunting dong dong dong of me bashing the crap out of my bushings with crossed fingers hoping that that little tube didn't shear off!