After pressing out the bushings of the stock upper a-arm, and popping them in the new a-arm with the caps, I was having a helluva time trying to get the new a-arm to fit in the frame pockets.
Obviously I don't wanna try to hammer in my new a-arms, so it was suggested that I use a dead blow to open up the pockets a bit to make the a-arms go in easier. Ok, seems easy enough... Go to the tool chest, aaaaand no dead blow.... alright.. well i'm not going out to buy another one, so now what?
Looking around the garage for anything... hmmm... ha! that might work! Pick up the torsion bar I just pulled out of the truck, wedge it in the pocket, give it a lil push, wedge it in the other pocket, push... I set the torsion bar down and laughed and said there's no friggin way that just worked... pick up the a-arm and it goes right in! haha. Super easy because you have all that leverage from the length of the torsion bar, it pops those flanges out just enough to easily get the new a-arms in there.
Just figured I'd throw this up as another method to try in case you run into that problem.
The best thing about working on the front suspension... when you drop a tool it always hits the ground! hahaha If anyone ever pulled the motor out of my old Syclone, they'd find enough tools in that engine bay to start their own hardware store!
Obviously I don't wanna try to hammer in my new a-arms, so it was suggested that I use a dead blow to open up the pockets a bit to make the a-arms go in easier. Ok, seems easy enough... Go to the tool chest, aaaaand no dead blow.... alright.. well i'm not going out to buy another one, so now what?
Looking around the garage for anything... hmmm... ha! that might work! Pick up the torsion bar I just pulled out of the truck, wedge it in the pocket, give it a lil push, wedge it in the other pocket, push... I set the torsion bar down and laughed and said there's no friggin way that just worked... pick up the a-arm and it goes right in! haha. Super easy because you have all that leverage from the length of the torsion bar, it pops those flanges out just enough to easily get the new a-arms in there.
Just figured I'd throw this up as another method to try in case you run into that problem.
The best thing about working on the front suspension... when you drop a tool it always hits the ground! hahaha If anyone ever pulled the motor out of my old Syclone, they'd find enough tools in that engine bay to start their own hardware store!
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