06-25-2014, 11:14 PM
Adapters came the ther day. They are a pretty nice looking piece. I have made a bit of progress after doing some dumb shit, on disassembly. I originally was going to take off the LCAs and go have the LBJs pressed in somewhere. Then I said Eff that, and went and rented the tool to do it. I had already started taking the LCA off so the shock was out and spring was copressed - all wasted effort!
Then, I also wasted time trying to get the UCA off. I didnt realize that if you loosen the tension just a bit, it will move up enough you can get an impact wrench on the bolt heads holding it to its mounting bracket. So I struggled like a MFer with the nuts on it before I realized it, and then it became a 2 minute job to remove it. ALl in all, I'm wore out, but here some pics with a mock up of the new UCA with the lower ball joint pressed in.
![[Image: iijbzn2.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/iijbzn2.jpg)
![[Image: JVKjYAv.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/JVKjYAv.jpg)
Then, I also wasted time trying to get the UCA off. I didnt realize that if you loosen the tension just a bit, it will move up enough you can get an impact wrench on the bolt heads holding it to its mounting bracket. So I struggled like a MFer with the nuts on it before I realized it, and then it became a 2 minute job to remove it. ALl in all, I'm wore out, but here some pics with a mock up of the new UCA with the lower ball joint pressed in.
![[Image: iijbzn2.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/iijbzn2.jpg)
![[Image: JVKjYAv.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/JVKjYAv.jpg)
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