4kq/coupe front control arm/balljoint/CV removal procedure (was HELP! ..)

[Huw Powell]

> Well, if I do it again, maybe. It took me a lot longer. I'm letting a
> mechanic with a lift and torches and big pry bars and a RBFH get the control
> arms off my running 4kq. I bet they've never been out from the shape the
> bushings are in. Then all he has to do is pop the new arms in with
> pre-mounted bushings!

why not do it yourself, now that you know exactly what to expect?

Then, clean the rust out of the new control arms, and off the ball
joints you are going to use, get a little anti-seize on them to slow
down the new rust, reassemble and crawl sideways (hah!) to an alignment
appointment...

One last note, the control arm bolts (thru the bushings) must be torqued
with the weight of the car on the wheels, to avoid twisting the bushings
and destroying them prematurely.  This is true for rubber ones, might be
true for the urethane ones you have, too.

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Huw Powell

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