[s-cars] strut bearing r&r

[brian hoeft]

If you're just talking about the upper bushing, thats easy enough with a few
tools and minutes..

besides the 3 outer nuts and main strut nut, a nice long narrow punch fits
great through the bushing housing holes for alignment and maybe having to
pull up on the strut nut threads to get the strut at tall as possible while
putting the new bushing on. A gentle push down on the front end can yield a
good amount of strut height too.

-Brian



On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Konstantine Bogach <kbogach at comcast.net>wrote:

> Peter,  I am planning strut bearings r&r in place- w/o strut removal.
> Any advise?
> Konstantine
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 8, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Konstantine:
> >
> > Take your time with the 2 spring compressors, make sure that the
> > threads are lubricated with some grease, and consider putting some
> > duct tape or something else on the compressor jaws to protect the
> > spring's coating. Put them on the spring on opposite sides of each
> > other. I like to do this outside and never have either end of the
> > spring pointing at me or a wall or obstruction in case something bad
> > happens.
> >
> > As to the sway bar bushings, the important thing is to have both
> > sides of the swaybar free at the control arm, so that you are not
> > fighting the torsion of the bar from the opposite side. - i.e. jack
> > up and support both sides of the front end with jackstands.
> > Since it sounds like you are doing this yourself, it might be easier
> > to have the swaybar free, replace both of the control arm sway
> > bushings first then use a ratcheting strap to help get the sway bar
> > close enough to the subframe to re install the subframe sway bar
> > bolts.
> >
> > HTH
> > YMMV
> >
> > -Peter
> >
> >
> >
> > On Oct 7, 2010, at 10:26 PM, Konstantine Bogach wrote:
> >
> >>  Gentz,
> >>
> >> do I need to worry more while compressing H&R spring, compare to
> >> stock
> >> spring on 200tq?
> >> I am going to use a pair of cheap compressors from JW.     I did this
> >> job on 200tq a few years ago but don't remember details.  Should 2
> >> compressors be enough?
> >>
> >> I am also going to replace bushings on stabilizer bar.  Can you
> >> remind
> >> me, shall I replace bushings on cross-member first and then at the
> >> control arms? Opposite? Does not matter?
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >> Konstantine
> >> UrS4 '93
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