Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost
Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2014/1/5 1:08:51
This afternoon I got after the front suspension, which I had been dreading a bit since I've never dealt with these. First I had to chisel all the dirt and fossilized grease off so I could get to the nuts and bolts. Then the shocks and sway bar came out. I got a jack under the lower control arms to compress the spring a bit, then removed the lower arm bolts. I had to use a second jack to play with the car height a bit so that there was enough room to take the load off the spring to get it out.
After those were out of the way then I removed the 2 bolts that hold the top arm to the frame. These thread into the frame, except one of the bolts on the driver's side where the frame threads are stripped and someone had substituted a longer bolt and a nut. No idea if this had been repaired before or if it was a factory workaround?
Also there were the remains of some rubber pieces that were in the bottom if the shock mount area, inside the spring. I forgot to take a picture of these, but they were on both sides.
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After those were out of the way then I removed the 2 bolts that hold the top arm to the frame. These thread into the frame, except one of the bolts on the driver's side where the frame threads are stripped and someone had substituted a longer bolt and a nut. No idea if this had been repaired before or if it was a factory workaround?
Also there were the remains of some rubber pieces that were in the bottom if the shock mount area, inside the spring. I forgot to take a picture of these, but they were on both sides.
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