man that was a nightmare. Started friday around 1 and just finished.
so ready to get away I didnt even get a picture of all the tierods and drag link installed.
If you have a place to do it and can go off and on when you feel like it I might try this again. Ill never do it in a parking lot waiting for the property managers to harrass me though.
The upper ball joints were a real nightmare. banged, cut, heated, air chisel and beat it some more before they finally came out of the control arms. Bottoms weren't bad at all with the rented press.
My compressor sucks so it was a minute hear and a minute there blasting all the spindles and control arms. took forever.
any hoo I still have to take it to the alignment shop because it turns farther to the right than the left and it drags a wheel on a tight turn. just from driving in the parking lot its 100x more responsive and stable now though. feels like a new truck.
I put in a new steering gear while I was in there as well. dont want to ever use a pickle fork again.