10-05-2024, 01:37 PM
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I didn't like the idea of heating up the sleeve on the control arm enough to expand it so that the bushing assembly would come out. Seemed like a bad idea to me. I found SPC's video and method to be better.
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10-06-2024, 01:44 AM
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y'all made me nervous about this so I found someone near me parting out a runner and I bough UCA/LCA for $150. Now i can take my time installing those bushings and when I'm done, I can do the installation with my shocks easily in a day.
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10-06-2024, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mendozer
y'all made me nervous about this so I found someone near me parting out a runner and I bough UCA/LCA for $150. Now i can take my time installing those bushings and when I'm done, I can do the installation with my shocks easily in a day.
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Good call, this isn't a fun job when the bushing won't press out as easily as in the video and you need your daily driver ready to go the next day. Installing all the control arms in the rear on a lift took me and another person 4 hours too.
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10-06-2024, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by T4R2014
Good call, this isn't a fun job when the bushing won't press out as easily as in the video and you need your daily driver ready to go the next day. Installing all the control arms in the rear on a lift took me and another person 4 hours too.
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I can R&R the rear control arms, lower and uppers, laying on my back in my driveway in less than 2 hours. Probably a lot less than 2 hours. It's a total of 8 sets of nuts and bolts, 2 per arm. You don't even need to raise the vehicle. It's probably easier if you don't.
Why did it take 4 hours?
Oh, you replaced bushings. I replaced the entire links with upgraded parts...
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10-06-2024, 10:41 PM
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not raising the vehicle? am i missing something? lol
I should know by now car things always take 2-3x as I expect. So i should go into thinking it'll take me 3 days then when I'm done in 15 hours I'm pleased
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10-07-2024, 10:54 AM
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By "raising the vehicle" I was referring to it being unnecessary to put the rear of the truck on jack-stands to remove and replace the rear links if you R&R them one at a time. Obviously for the front of the vehicle, you have to put it up on stands and pull the wheels to do the work. I don't know if your vehicle is stock or lifted with larger tires/wheels. For me, replacing the rear links, both upper and lower, with upgraded parts made a world of difference. I have a full time auto-locker in the rear and the SPC lower links were the best thing ever. I went through 2 sets of stock lower links. Plus, the stock lower links are a known weak point back there. They bend easily and the bushings are too soft, IMHO, for larger wheels and tires. Even the Mevotech Supreme upper links I installed were a noticeable upgrade from the stock units. They have a beefier connecting rod between the upgraded bushings. They improved the on-road manners even further. Helped with off-road manners as well. Replacing the front UCA with the JBA units made a gigantic difference as well. If you lift your truck, get aftermarket UCAs that correct the Caster.
The stock suspension parts are fine if the truck is stock.
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10-07-2024, 08:14 PM
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i see what you're saying.
I'm running larger wheels/tires (17" FJ wheels and 33? inch tires) and the new suspension I'm putting in are 2" Eibach lifts.
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