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Originally Posted by layback40
Doesnt it just get to you !! All that work & its still there!! Sub frame bushings in the back need to be inspected I guess.
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Kind of hard to tell how bad the subframe bushing are, but I can definitely tell a lot of the other bushings back there are in poor order. Thrust arm, camber arm, tie rod (boot is torn on one) and the bushings on what I guess would be called the rear lower control arm(?) all very worn. The front suspension was rebuilt entirely in 2002 but in the rear only the swaybar (and linkage) and shocks are newish. The diff bushings are also quite bad, as mentioned. Basically, what I can't decide is whether or not to try this project. I kept putting it off because I couldn't decide (stupid, I know). I'm confident I can do the diff bushings, but it seems silly to do that myself if I'm going to take it to my indy for the rest. Or do that, then take it apart myself again to do the subframe. My concern with the subframe is that it looks like a very physically difficult (dangerous) job. Also has a crack that needs a weld and I can't weld (yet).
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