93-2dr-on20s
Newbie
I apologize for the long read/rant! So I'm balls deep into rebuilding my front end. I have both sides completely torn down. The last step was removing the lower control arms so I can replace balljoints and bushings. The drivers side came apart with no problem. Released tension on the t-bars, removed bolts, lowered control arm and hit it with a hammer a couple times to get it off the T-bar. The passengers side was nowhere near as easy. Hitting the control arm with a hammer for like 2 hrs. and a half a can of PB Blaster later, all I managed to do was pull the t-bar out of the key and crossmember. I lugged the arm with the bar still attatched to work wher I heated the arm around the bar, put a large piece of stock on the end of the bar and whacked the crap out of it till it broke free. What a PITA!!! While I had the arm there, I decided to see how hard the rivets on the old BJ's were to remove. Holy crap, it's like they're welded in there!!!! And to think I was gonna try to do the lower BJ's on the truck!! Now that I've beaten the crap out of my control arm and I see how much work removing the BJ's is gonna be, I'm contemplating just getting new lower control arms. One problem, I can't find them anywhere! Been scouring ebay and the rest of the net for them to no avail. None of the parts stores around here know where to get them either. Do any of you guys know where I can get 'em? If they're cheap enough, it may be worth it to just swap out the whole damned thing.