Thread: Doing LCA's, Anything to look out for?

I usually just leave the castle nut at the top of the ball joint threads and smack it with a hammer, but a fork should work too since you're not worried about saving the boots.

Make sure you have a good torx bit to remove the control arm bolt. I usually use a breaker bar to get extra leverage on it to pop it loose then once it moves I just use a normal ratchet.

If the stock endlinks give you a hassle I usually just cut them with a sawsall and call it done. If they're really rusted then they may just snap on their own but no use fighting with messed up threads for an hour.

Originally Posted by FordMan77

...leave the castle nut at the top of the ball joint threads and smack it with a hammer...

...good torx bit to remove the control arm bolt...

...just cut them... they may just snap...

All good notes. Only addition is to loosen the nut vs. wrenching on the stationary bolt/screw head wherever possible. The Torx can hold it in place while you use an impact gun or breaker bar to break it loose after some good PB Blaster application.

You mentioned a poly vertical bushing? Not aware of that one, just the typical flexing rubber OEM "ufo" looking one, or the heim joint that ZZP's tubular arms have.

Thanks for the input, guys. I was thinking about going the hammer to the castle but route, but I honestly couldn't recall if there was enough room to get a good swing at it.

Originally Posted by dezldave961

You mentioned a poly vertical bushing? Not aware of that one, just the typical flexing rubber OEM "ufo" looking one, or the heim joint that ZZP's tubular arms have.

Yeah, I saw something about them on a fb group that I'm on. They're on fleabay, and may be total junk as the whole setup was pretty cheap, but I figured it was worth giving it a shot.
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