[Shotimes] Strut help needed

[Frank Costa]

Bro,

How warn are you lower control arms? You could just pry down the lower
control arm, while banging down on the spindle to remove the spindle from
the strut.....

Then just simply remove the 3 nuts on the top of the strut mount....

With the play in the lower ball joint, it should work for ya......its what i
do...



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----- Original Message -----
From: "ROBERT SCHIRMER" <1surferbum@msn.com>
To: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>; "Shylo McKinsey"
<mrfluffy02@yahoo.com>; "Jason Hartberger" <at3hartberger@mail.com>;
"TaurusSHO" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:49 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Strut help needed


> Gentlemen
>
> I am trying to replace some struts on the "93 ATX, and contrary to the
> showtime FAQ, instead of taking 30 minutes for each front strut, I am
working
> on 3 hours on the first one, with no end in sight. Please review the info
> below, and tell me where I am going wrong
>
> I am (sorta) following the Ford manual
>
> 1) Remove hub nut ( WhY???)
> 2) I raised the car up (not using the lower control arms) and took the
wheels
> off
> 3) Removed the brakes and rotor (had to put a new rotor on)
> 4) Disconnected the tie rod end
> 5) Disconnected the stabilizer bar link attachment from strut (and had to
put
> on new linkage- but its still disconnected to the strut right now)
> 6) removed the steering knuckle and hub assembly from the strut assembly
> Now the fun begins
> 7) Here I sit with what I believe is only one or two steps left, and no
> success. I took off the lower arm to steering knuckle pinch bolt and nut,
and
> I am supposed to spread the joint and remove the lower arm from the
steering
> knuckle.  Well, I spread the joint all I can and put a crow bar between
the
> steering knuckle and the lower control arm, and even though I can see the
gap
> widen, it is not enough for the stud to come out of the steering knuckle.
I am
> putting a hell of a lot of pressure on this crow bar, and this connection
will
> still not pop out. All that is connected to the steering knuckle at this
point
> is a) the tension strut that goes between the front of the car and the
knuckle
> assembly, b) the control arm. The struts are still connected up top, and
there
> is no jack on the bottom of the control arm.
>
> WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???
>
> The Ford book says to Press half shaft from the hub as outlined??? What
does
> this mean?? Are they trying to say that you have to pull the steering
knuckle
> away from the CV joint before the bottom of the strut?? Does the steering
> knuckle try to drop down??
>
> I just repeating to my self, I love my SHO, I love my SHO!!
>
> Thanks for any help
> Bob
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