Well Hello There Horsepower Lovers!!
At It Again!
Sooooo finally I can lift the car up and tear it down, again right before the holiday seasons! This time I have some serious work to do and not just a simple service! Nope!
I have major suspension work to get done with but first I have to tear it down right!
I might not want to tear it down in fear of finding more faults than I realize there is. But let's get tearing!
The Companion!
So this isn't exactly my dog... it's my uncles dog and she is always up to lend a helping hand to me! Always even if she can just keep me company while I work!
She especially wants to help when she realizes me grunting from struggling! Laughs, I swear they know a lot more than we think they do! But anyways let's jump into this one!
I have crazy tear down to do here!
The Entire Front Suspension!
Wait what?
Yeahp you read that right I have to tear down the entire front suspension and on top of that I have to do the brakes and the much needed service!
What is really off putting for me is that I have to do all of this while covered in ground, if you loosen a bolt there is ground falling everywhere!
So when I assemble all of this I might need to do some major cleaning before that!
On The Last Bit Of Brakes!
Dang more than often I am hella glad that I can do all of this myself! Because I've spent a ton of money on all the parts already and imagine that I have to spend more on labour and all that shit!
So the brakes are on the last bit of life and every time I buy my brakes in the nick of time! What a way to go it might be that I know my shit or I know my car!
Legitly two days after I got my brakes they started scraping against the discs, so I had to do light braking for a few days!
Getting It All Out!
I'm nearly there! Mostly everything is already bolted loose from the wheel hub assembly and now I have to get that heavy thing out of there!
This is not really a big mission but while I held the hub assembly in place the Betty unbolted the last bolt for me! After that I could lower it out of the wheel arch!
What Needs Replacing!
So all of it is in major need! The shock setup needs to be replaced, so I have to get that huge shock out and then I need to replace the control arm and the swaybar link and on top of that the brakes, oh and the upper shock mounts!
Awesome stuff right! I did all of it while I am busy with all of it! Slacking on just one thing can cause premature wear on everything I replaced!
I'll Just Leave Everything Hanging There!
So while I wait for all the parts I'll just leave everything hanging there!
The shocks still need to arrive and one of the lower control arms! Dear lord I hope they arrive before I need to get on the road for the long trip!
But time will tell! I am sure everything will arrive in time though!
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