Jruedastinger
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Jorge
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2018
- Threads
- 1
- Messages
- 120
- Reaction score
- 422
- Location
- Palo Alto ca
- Vehicle(s)
- 2018 Jeep jl
I replaced all my joints and still getting a slight push at breaking. Wtf. Did urs stop?On a trip to town this morning the rear axle was moving around like crazy. Every stop and acceleration I could feel the axle moving back and forth.
So when I got home I decided to tear into my rear lower control arms which are my number one suspect. I’ve been waiting on a spanner tool to take the retaining washers off with, but who knows when its gonna get here.
It sucked but I used a hammer and screwdriver to take off the retaining washers , once I got them off, things got easier. The bushings were so bad all I had to do was push them out with my thumb.....
Getting the new bushings on the ball was the hardest part. I don’t have a fancy press so I had to use a vise. I used a 32 mm socket on one side of the vise so the ball would have room to get pushed through, and put the ball against the other side then tightened the vise until it popped on then turn it around and do same thing for other bushing.........
I used the 32mm socket to hammer the assembly into the arm. Then they give you stainless set screws so you can tell by looking at the arm that it’s got the newest bushings .........
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