MeenZ28

Anyone know how hard it is to replace one of these things and whats involved?

MeenZ28

Anyone know how hard it is to replace one of these things and whats involved?

archemedes

it's not too bad,pull the strut, remove the castle nut from teh lower ball joint (have a jack under the a arm since it may want to pop free and hit you) give some space for the thing to drop (an inch or 2) hit the spindle with a hammer near the ball joint, or if replacing the joint put the nut on a couple of turns (not a bad safety measure anyway) and smack the joint a few times to break it free (there is a special tool that works, but takes the same amount of time as this) remove the nuts and bolts on the end of the arm and it's off

archemedes

it's not too bad,pull the strut, remove the castle nut from teh lower ball joint (have a jack under the a arm since it may want to pop free and hit you) give some space for the thing to drop (an inch or 2) hit the spindle with a hammer near the ball joint, or if replacing the joint put the nut on a couple of turns (not a bad safety measure anyway) and smack the joint a few times to break it free (there is a special tool that works, but takes the same amount of time as this) remove the nuts and bolts on the end of the arm and it's off

NoRiceInside

heres a walkthrough on removing the strut:

http://www.houston-f-body.org/tech/shocks/index.htm

once you get that off you just unbolt the A arm.

NoRiceInside

heres a walkthrough on removing the strut:

http://www.houston-f-body.org/tech/shocks/index.htm

once you get that off you just unbolt the A arm.