[Shotimes] Lower Control Arm Help
Ron Porter
ronporter@prodigy.net
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:00:40 -0400
Sometime in the next year, I'll be getting new Tokicos myself. I will
probably undergo the agony of doing my own, as I have a spring compressor,
and I have a full set of Police strut mounts and new strut bearings that I
can use. Plus, these are new rear swaybar links and the fronts are also
relatively new. I will do it fully expecting to break a pinch bolt or two
(there is about 90K on these Tokicos). I need to find a online, cheaper,
source for those carbide bits!!
One advantage to undergoing this self-flagellation, though. Every now and
then I get a thought about playing with an old musclecar with some
restoration work. After weekends like this past one, thoughts like that
vanish from my mind!!
Ron Porter (with all the bruises on my arms, it looks like I've been
tortured!!)
-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 1:43 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Lower Control Arm Help
You've just about got me sold Ron! Yeah, it's the pinch bolts I'm
afraid of. I don't need that kind of aggravation any more. I've
lost enough hair already!
Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio
-'95 Green MTX 3/01-1/03
ShoShop y-pipe
-'95 White MTX
'96 Brake Upgrade
"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
"Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote on 07/07/2003 01:23:12 PM:
> To be honest with you, paying folks to do things like rear struts are
well
> worth it, unless:
>
> 1. You are unemployed, a poor student, or poor because of other
> circumstances, and have a lot of time (but no money).
>
> 2. You are a true masochist who enjoys spending a weekend struggling
with
> parts that will break upon removal.
>
> The strut part is OK, but the rear pinch bolts are smaller than the
front
> (and you managed to break a front one!!), plus there is always the joy
of
> getting old swaybar links off and putting new ones on.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 1:09 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Lower Control Arm Help
>
>
> Yep. Lived in Cleveland it's whole life before I got it. I'm afraid to
> do the rear struts now. I was going to do them in a couple months,
> but I may pay a shop to do them now.
>
>
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
>
> -'95 Green MTX 3/01-1/03
> ShoShop y-pipe
>
> -'95 White MTX
> '96 Brake Upgrade
>
> "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
>
>
>
> "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote on 07/07/2003 12:19:10 PM:
>
> > Sounds like another "Lifer Midwest SHO"!! ;-)
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
> > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 8:23 AM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Lower Control Arm Help
> >
> >
> > Ha ha ha. My drivers side control arm took a halacious beating
> > to finally get it off of the rod. Fortunately I was replacing it.
> > The passengers came off easier, after spinning it on the rod to
> > get out all the ancient dried out rubber.
> >
> > Incidentally, I was going to remove the drivers side strut rod
> > so I'd have more room to swing at it. Got the front nut half way
> > off and no farther. Couldn't get it back on tight either. The shop
> > that did the alignment had to heat it up to get it back on.
> >
> >
> > Mike Wojton
> > Toledo, Ohio
> >
> > -'95 Green MTX 3/01-1/03
> > ShoShop y-pipe
> >
> > -'95 White MTX
> > '96 Brake Upgrade
> >
> > "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 07/04/2003 05:12:05 PM:
> >
> > > I don't think you should be cutting or banging on anything to get
the
> > tension rod out of the LCA.
> > >
> > > I always remove the LCA from the subframe and from the spindle. I
> think
> > it may be possible to
> > > leave the LCA connected to the spindle and then just move the
spindle
> a
> > little backwards and then
> > > swing the LCA backwards too.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > > 94MTX,green,BOS+
> > >
> > > --- On Fri 07/04, James White < greensho@crown.net > wrote:
> > > From: James White [mailto: greensho@crown.net]
> > > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > > Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 15:48:18 -0500
> > > Subject: [Shotimes] Lower Control Arm Help
> > >
> > > Need help with the lower control arms.<br><br>Can't seem to pull the
> > tension rod out of lower
> > > control arm. Do I try and<br>remove the front of the tension rod
and
> > then beat it out? Do I
> > > spent an<br>hour or so with the cut-off wheel on the old lower
> > control?<br><br>Tried a gear puller
> > > and there wasn't anything stable to grab except the<br>washer on the
> > tension rod, but that didn't
> > > seem to do anything before the<br>puller got cocked.<br><br>Well, I
am
>
> > off to Sears, hopefully
> > > they're open, for a few more sockets,<br>like a 24mm
> > deepwell.<br><br>regards, Jim White -
> > >
> >
>
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