Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:27 am by DonJuan
obsession wrote:Just going to let you know it works for now and I just got an email telling me I can put my tag with and upper case T now :D
DonJuan wrote:Both ball joints on the passenger side are busted. Yesterday I did the majority of disassembly, but the factory uses pop rivets to set in the upper joint, so I spent a good hour yesterday and another 45 minutes today chiseling the heads off and then knocking the rivets out of the mount holes (was not an easy task). Today I'm going to finish taking out the lower ball joint (got to go get a ball joint press) and I'm going to go ahead and replace the outer tie rod ends (they're about ready to go). Hopefully I can get done in time to get to a shop and have an alignment done.
Wow, I remember my dad telling me about doing this once, he said it was the biggest pain ever to do and he's a very patient man. Hope the rest goes smoothly, good luck!
I actually got everything done last weekend. But when I went to crank the thing up for the test drive, I could hear a popping coming from the engine. I'm hoping it's just a busted head-gasket and nothing worse but I won't know until I can get some time to take the engine apart. Guess that's what I get for paying the thing off.