Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Halted. . . Again

Started pulling out the suspension. Released all the tension of the torsion bars and started the dismantle. First stop point. The lower bolt for the shock absorber was stuck the inner sleeve of the rubber piece. No matter how hard I hit it, the rubber just absorbed the impact and bounced back. The final solution (Thanks Roger) was to get some heat in there. Lots and lots of heat to burn the rubber out and fill the shed with smoke. (Thanks again Roger)
After about 20 mins of heating, banging and twisting the bolt final gave up its grip and let go.
Fortunately the other side let go without the heat.
Ok, off we go again.
Stub axles came out, lower ball joints removed. Tried to take the lower strut arms out. Can't get them out, the lower arm needs to come out. This is connected to the torsion bar that will need to come out as well. Damn!
Started on the upper ball joint, this stopped faster than it started! You need a special tool to get that one out! Crap.
It was off to the internet and order some more tools from Pentastar parts. I'm now waiting for a torsion bar removing tool and a socket to remove the upper ball joints. They should be here before the weekend. I'll let you know how the weekend transpired and if I've managed to get the front suspension back in.

 Left hand stub axle out
 
 Right hand stub axle out

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