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Old May 11, 2024 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by donbrew
The presses at the store are usually ball joint presses that use a big C-clamp instead of all thread. 2 lb short sledge and a socket will work.
Thanks, that's what I was thinking. I finally had a minute to get under there and look around, all that's viable damaged is the driver side tire rod end boot and the cheap sway/stabilizer links. The links are falling apart at both ends. The control arms' bushings are all good, surprisingly, but I will be getting the Problem Solver bushings, soon.
Old May 11, 2024 | 03:38 PM
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I use the old rotor to pound the old bushings out.
Ah, I see. My current problem turned out to be the sway bar links, picking them up now.
Old May 11, 2024 | 05:03 PM
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My experience is that "slightly warped rotors" is bad LCA bushings. Don't trust eyeballs, test by rolling the wheel, if it moves but the body does not they are bad.
Sway bar links just make noise. Most drivers would not notice any performance degradation.
Old May 11, 2024 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by donbrew
My experience is that "slightly warped rotors" is bad LCA bushings. Don't trust eyeballs, test by rolling the wheel, if it moves but the body does not they are bad.
Sway bar links just make noise. Most drivers would not notice any performance degradation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQW...1s&pp=gAQBiAQB
Control arm bushings are fine, I got under there. I've replaced them twice, I can see when they're bad and know about shaking the wheel when it's raised, but I'll be replacing them when I do the tie rod ends and brakes/rotors, because I only want to pay for one alignment check.
Just replaced the sway stabilizer bar links. Before replacement, going down a bumpy road in town felt like a wheel might come loose. That's gone now. I should've taken a picture, but for 9 bucks each and 6 years old, I think you can guess. Bungee cords would've been more effective.
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