Quote Originally Posted by Jakegday View Post
well doesnt that just look like a ton of fun! would i be able to get away with removing just those 4 bolts for this repair, or will i have to disconnect all of the other things attatched to it too??

hopefully the weather is nice enough today (sunday) for me to go out and compare the tightness of the ball joints to the new one
You'd be able to get away with this if you do one bolt at a time and you only let the cradle drop an inch or so (just enough to get the insulator out and inspect it). Remember the cradle holds the engine and trans in the car so make sure you have a jack support next to the section you take the bolt out of. Just in case the main jack fails, the support will catch it.

You need to make sure you torque the bolts back to the right torque which I believe is around 150 ft lbs. I cant verify this until later but that torque sounds pretty close if I recall.