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seabun
Have fun today. It took me about eight hours total to remove skids, diff drop, sway bar bushings, steering rack guide, and bushings. Nothing hard about it just patience.
Go to Ace hardware and definitely pick up the M12 bolt and nut to use as your puller. Spend the extra for the 36mm socket. Pick up washers for your stack up if you don't have any. I had left over washers from my diff drop and from my bumper that I didn't need.
That will double as a puller and also a way to compress the bushings in once you get them started. I needed to run back to Ace for the 5/8" grade 8 washer. Fantastic tool!!
Be extremely careful you don't break your ABS wires. They are very thin and will get stretched if you don't watch out.
I opted to replace my sway bar bushings at the same time to provide me with better access to the vertical bolt. I'm so glad I did. I still had a hard time getting a torque wrench up top. Great design but a real PITA to torque.
I never needed the "blue tool" (AKA-torch) to burn out the horizontal bushing. I cut the lip and sprayed some PB on both sides. Slammed some vice Grips on the back end and it literally came right out for me. Some use slip-joint pliers.
The rubber mallet is great for convincing the steering rack to go where you want it to go. (It's also great for installing pavers around your house - I know)
Use the pry bar very carefully as you don't want to bust anything. Definitely came in handy!
A 6" C-clamp came in handy on many different occasions, including closing the sway bar clamps enough to get the nut started. Use the cross-point screwdriver for your alignment tool unless you have one.
As for the lube - tons of opinions out there. One commonality is - stay away from Moly! I went with Super Lube synthetic. Pre-ordered it from Home Depot. Spendy at $12 a tube. You can also use Marine Blue or Green etc. Do a ton of research first if you haven't done so already. Absolutely NO Graphite!!!
You will need a bottle of Dawn and a box of nitrile gloves and a T-shirt you no longer want. Forget about taking pictures during the install...it ain't gonna happen. You'll be a mess! If I think of anything else I'll post up.
I'll do a step-by-step later on as I want to give credit to those that deserve to be recognized for their contributions to our forum. Hate to rush this but I have to get back to work.