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One side went on mine, and I replaced them this weekend with the GT500 pieces.
Need to get an alignment to fix the wheel being off, but so far so good. Car feels might tighter in the steering department.
So how difficult were they to replace? Did you have to remove the Steering rack mounting bolts to allow you the room to pull the control arm bolts out?
So how difficult were they to replace? Did you have to remove the Steering rack mounting bolts to allow you the room to pull the control arm bolts out?
Yea, that was the biggest PITA. Ford decided instead of putting the bolt head on the bottom, where its super easy to get too, they put it on the top. So you have to thread your ratchet through the K member and all this other junk to get at the bolt. You have like 25 degrees of movement while getting the bolt out.
It sucked
Other than that the install is pretty easy. Took me an hour with a buddy on a lift for the set.
Yea, that was the biggest PITA. Ford decided instead of putting the bolt head on the bottom, where its super easy to get too, they put it on the top. So you have to thread your ratchet through the K member and all this other junk to get at the bolt. You have like 25 degrees of movement while getting the bolt out.
It sucked
Other than that the install is pretty easy. Took me an hour with a buddy on a lift for the set.
+1 on this. I had to totally remove the rack & pinion steering unit to access the LCA bolts, that was the biggest PITA on the job. But I used this as an excuse to upgrade the rack mounting rubber bushings to Urethane.
I just checked mine and couldn't get any movement out of the tire when pulling and pushing from the top and bottom. Is there another way to check your ball joints?
Yea, that was the biggest PITA. Ford decided instead of putting the bolt head on the bottom, where its super easy to get too, they put it on the top. So you have to thread your ratchet through the K member and all this other junk to get at the bolt. You have like 25 degrees of movement while getting the bolt out.
It sucked
Other than that the install is pretty easy. Took me an hour with a buddy on a lift for the set.
Ahhh, good to know. Looks like i'll get to try out some of my new ratcheting low profile tools!
I've heard you can put those bolts back in from the bottom like you described would be easier for just that reason. is that true?