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Still chipping away at the old rock pile… :whistle: Received the new Moog LbJ today and got to work removing the old one…well, old in the sense that it’s been on the car a lot of years, but certainly not worn out other than the two piece grease boot. :roll: I had to modify the bj remover some more to ...

IDK Ken, a little krazy glue and you’re back in business…

Btw, this is the system I devised to prevent them from being knocked to the ground. I’ll heed your warning and add some wire mesh protection as well…

Terry G tells me they chewed through the SS cable, so you may not be proof just yet. My have not learned that trick yet, so I hope yours won’t contact them and spill the beans…

Yep, a workout for sure, especially for you. Good thing you’re young and flexible with a long reach…

Those boots must have just aged out, no other reason for them to crumble on a car with fewer than 100 driven miles…

Well done Tom, this is fun, no?

Tom Wells wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 1:40 pm Wow, Mike! I wonder if any of that thing was correctly assembled? Yikes!

So true Tom, but I think I’ve captured the worst of the screwups at this point…he says with fingers tightly crossed…

Oh, I nearly forgot, the lower ball joint boots are pretty well shredded, so I’ll need to replace them as well…I think that’s everything…

In the “nothing’s ever easy” category, separating the upper joint from the upright was a pain. Tried the pickle fork with no joy, but didn’t give it much of a whack not wanting to damage the joint or the aluminum upright, so next I reached for the ball joint separator. It wouldn’t fit of course, so i ...

So, as this car and project has continuously demonstrated, the deeper I look the more I uncover. This time it involves the front suspension. Per the RCR online assembly manual, the LCA (lower control arm) heim joints are to be initially set with half of the threads exposed in order to help ...