Spdrcr Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Then shenanigans have ensued once again. I’ve had these bad boys chillin in the house for almost a year now. Silvermine. Started by removing the old shocks and springs. They came out pretty easy. took me a minute to figure out what this hunk of metal was. Vibration damper if you didn’t know time to cut some stuff. I tried just cutting through the perch and old shock on the first one. It is way easier to just use a pipe wrench to pop the old shock out first. make sure to cut enough down. I originally left extra because it looks like you should fill up the bottom bulge. If you do that, the coil over cannot thread all way down for lowering. what a mess. Told you shenanigans afoot well I intended to keep this project smallish. But look at this bushing! I have a set of prothane bushings. Doesn’t make sense to not do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spdrcr Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Does anyone know if this is right? Should the bushing sleeve go metal to metal? also the new bushing sleeve is a smidge longer than the control arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spdrcr Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 (edited) Well I saw the condition of all the othe bushings. Just could not convince myself that the spindle bushings weren’t also 40+ years old. they are as hard as advertised. I mean wow. Just got one done today. One more to go. Had to make a homemade puller. Used a pipe and some all thread. The nut stripped so I had to get a coupler which is like the width of two or three nuts. I was able to get the spindle bushings out using my ball joint press like this. Got new ball joints and tie rods. Man what a hassle. Tie rod would not let go. pickle fork wasn’t fat enough. I know, what she said. Had to wedge stuff in there to make it bigger 🤪 got 1 front control arm off. Tried to press the bushing out but it wouldn’t budge so I lit it on fire. Gotta cut the outer shell out with the hacksaw. so dirty. A lot of years of grease built up. Edited March 19 by Spdrcr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idahoskiguy Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 7 hours ago, Spdrcr said: Does anyone know if this is right? Should the bushing sleeve go metal to metal? also the new bushing sleeve is a smidge longer than the control arm. Don't recall this being an issue on my project, everything went together and hasn't been a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idahoskiguy Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 8 hours ago, Spdrcr said: Made up an intake. There is a handy hole already there. No need to cut anything. Great job on the intake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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