joshy
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Wrote this up a while ago in another thread but it keeps getting lost so maybe its own thread would be better. If anyone needs it in more detail or has another questions just ask and ill add to it.
My fastest time is 20minutes. Let my know if you can beat it.
The manual way is a pita and takes forever. Much easier way is to undo the bolts where it attachs to the diff then undo the hub, take the circlip off. Take the bottom bolt out of the shock. Then undo the two top bolts of the upper control arm. Make sure you mark those outof round washers first tho so you know how it goes back together - will save you from having to get it re aligned. Then pull the arm up and forward and it should come off. have a jack under the lower arm so it doesnt drop and rip the break line. now you just have to tap the cv with a rubber mallet to break they seal and jiggle/manouver the cv out, youll have to turn the hub to the side and have it as low as you can, the brake line is normaly pretty tight at the angle the cv comes out. To put the new one in, repeat the process in reverse... The manual way is to pull the torsion bar out and drop the lower control arm out. Another way is to knock out the balljoint on one of the arms, but i couldnt break the seal and you then might need spare split pins.
My fastest time is 20minutes. Let my know if you can beat it.
The manual way is a pita and takes forever. Much easier way is to undo the bolts where it attachs to the diff then undo the hub, take the circlip off. Take the bottom bolt out of the shock. Then undo the two top bolts of the upper control arm. Make sure you mark those outof round washers first tho so you know how it goes back together - will save you from having to get it re aligned. Then pull the arm up and forward and it should come off. have a jack under the lower arm so it doesnt drop and rip the break line. now you just have to tap the cv with a rubber mallet to break they seal and jiggle/manouver the cv out, youll have to turn the hub to the side and have it as low as you can, the brake line is normaly pretty tight at the angle the cv comes out. To put the new one in, repeat the process in reverse... The manual way is to pull the torsion bar out and drop the lower control arm out. Another way is to knock out the balljoint on one of the arms, but i couldnt break the seal and you then might need spare split pins.
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