redfishsc
Tired of fixing lousy engineering.
Well I'm part way into this and headed to bed for the night. Got rained out part of the day, said the hell with the other part and just got rained on lol.
Got one wheel, passengers side, disassembled. Lower ball joint swapped, upper control arm removed and ball joint cussed out. Just need to clean up the old rivets. Need to get new bushings, they gave me the wrong ones at the parts store. Got the new shock in also.
Haven't touch a single part of the steering yet, that will be for tomorrow maybe.
I tell ya, this is a lot harder than I imagined. Hats off to you guys that do this for a living and blow through a ball joint job in a couple hours. I know having all the better tools, and vehicle lift, make it easier, but not THAT much easier.
Either way, the only surprise I've found is a burnt wire behind the brake rotor splash plate. I think that's the wheel speed sensor wire. The outer (black) insulation has literally melted, likely from brake rotor heat I suppose. The inner two wires have good insulation on them still.
I think I'm going to try to protect those wires with some black tubing, like vacuum tube hose. Split it longways and wrap it around the wire. Not sure that's the best idea but the only other thing I can think of is heat resistant tape maybe?
Got one wheel, passengers side, disassembled. Lower ball joint swapped, upper control arm removed and ball joint cussed out. Just need to clean up the old rivets. Need to get new bushings, they gave me the wrong ones at the parts store. Got the new shock in also.
Haven't touch a single part of the steering yet, that will be for tomorrow maybe.
I tell ya, this is a lot harder than I imagined. Hats off to you guys that do this for a living and blow through a ball joint job in a couple hours. I know having all the better tools, and vehicle lift, make it easier, but not THAT much easier.
Either way, the only surprise I've found is a burnt wire behind the brake rotor splash plate. I think that's the wheel speed sensor wire. The outer (black) insulation has literally melted, likely from brake rotor heat I suppose. The inner two wires have good insulation on them still.
I think I'm going to try to protect those wires with some black tubing, like vacuum tube hose. Split it longways and wrap it around the wire. Not sure that's the best idea but the only other thing I can think of is heat resistant tape maybe?