Whew,spent the day doing a job I'd been dreading.Changing the front upper control arm bushes.These are the only ones that are pressed in,and into the top of the front diff to boot.The rest are just a swap out of the arms.These bushes were flogged right out.
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After a titanic battle I got them out.
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Heavens knows how much labour I saved.
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New upper arms go on in the morning.
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As you can see the old oil leaks gave it a fine undercarriage coating.Great to stop the beach salt rusting it up.
I disconnected the panhard rod and draglink(steering arms) to give easy access to the upper mounts.Just used a cable tie to hold the arm back out of the way.
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