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pkbinplano
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Plano Texas
Posts: 370
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It's all on and I'll never do it again
Don't want to, don't have to and you can't make me. Total front end rebuild. Upper/lower control arm bushings, upper/lower ball joints, inner/outer tie rods, idler arm, pitman arm, shocks, brakes, brake lines, bearings and seals, all thats left tomorrow is put rotors and brake shoes on, flush and bleed system and get it alligned. Total cost minus allingnment $780 . NTB wanted $1400 just for upper/lower control arm bushings.
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Plano, Texas
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
Thats a lot of work. Did it earlier this year. Congratulations.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: NW Pennsylvania
Posts: 92
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
Way to go man ... should be good for another 30 years!
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Spear and magic helmet!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 1,226
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
Never, huh? 30 years from now they're gonna want even more than $1400, you know...
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pkbinplano
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Plano Texas
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
77 step, what color is your ride ? I'll keep an eye out for you
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: CO
Posts: 474
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
I feel your pain. I've done the 4wd version (tie rods, drag link, U/L Ball joints, Axle U- Joints, leaf spring bushings) twice. Once on one of my current trucks and the second on a previous truck that I owned. It was tedious work but it saved me a lot of $$.
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Dark Heart Motorsports
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: 29404 DKFX
Posts: 683
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
yeesh...Im gonna have to talk to the wifey if I wanna do anthing like that...gotta have approval ya know? lol
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: New Lenox, IL
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
That truck is gonna ride better than when it was new!
Eventually I'm gonna have to do my front end too. I'm sure the results are well worth the work.
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83C10SWB
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Bossier City, Louisiana
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just curious, did you have to do anything with the steering box itself?? Mine has started leaking ps fluid and the steering is not tight like it used to be, alot more play in the steering that i like.
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Truck and auto performance nut
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: McKinney,Texas
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
there's usually an adjustment on top with a lock nut, that you can take some of the slop out. release the locknut and turn the center post slightly to tighten.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hole in the woods Florida
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
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So, Keep your hands off/away from the steering wheel to prevent broken fingers for the first fire-up after adjustment.
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83C10SWB
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Bossier City, Louisiana
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
Thanks for the warning, will try to take some of the slop out, my haynes manual got wet after the heater core leak so i need to get a new one to help on stuff like this...lol.
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Midwest City, OK
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
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pkbinplano
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Plano Texas
Posts: 370
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
just took it for a drive. Rides like a Caddy again. Kicker is the wheel is straight, and it doesn't pull to one side. Guess I did my measurements correct. Just dropped it off for allignment.
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Senior Member from Austin, TX
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pkbinplano
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Plano Texas
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
what special tools did you use that would make things easier ? Maybe a pneumatic chisler
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hole in the woods Florida
Posts: 4,567
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
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I rebuilt my whole front end also before I decided to go ahead with the body-off. My special tools were a 6" bench vice, 3/4" drive socket set and a BFH. But being in the repair biz I knew how/what needed to be done. ![]()
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Moore, Oklahoma
Posts: 2,396
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
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I'm definitely not a pro though -- even with the power tools - the job sucked |
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pkbinplano
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Plano Texas
Posts: 370
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
yup. The ball joint press I rented helped alot, along with a electric impact I bought awhile back. Best investment ever.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cleveland, TN
Posts: 440
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
I am getting ready to do all the same thing, but with some aftermarket lower a-arms and spindles. Let us know how the truck feels compared to how it was
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pkbinplano
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Plano Texas
Posts: 370
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
drives like a Caddy again. Ultra quiet over RR tracks.
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glamoros piece o' lowlife
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Redford, MI
Posts: 1,164
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Re: It's all on and I'll never do it again
I rebuilt the front end of my Lincoln last summer, using all ultra-heavy-duty DANA parts from NAPA - ran me a bit under $500, but I had a serious discount at the local store. Now I wanna rebuild the truck too, but I got tuition to pay and not enough time to fiddle with rusty hardware and other joys of that sort - I already have all new brakes and hoses and lines tho, so maybe I'll just get a set of control arms off a junker truck or somethnig and rebuild them on my free time and then just swap them in over an evening after work...
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