[V8] control arms

[James]

I found a super-easy way only after I did the V8q the hard way and
wrestled with that thing for a good spell many times...

My Merkur XR4Ti has almost the exact same control-arm/bar set-up - and
I was dreading the 'fun' to come.
Then, it hit me - use a puller attachment on a porta-power.  That
worked amazingly well and I was done in five minutes.  Never broke a
sweat ;)

If you don't have one, maybe you can rent/borrow one - but I tell you
- I would NEVER do it without one again.

Or, maybe you could rig up some ratcheting strap assembly (CAREFULLY,
OF COURSE!) to compress it enough...  This part I haven't tried, but
I've thought about it...  If you did it right, it would be cake.  If
you did it wrong, you could end up injured, so... YMMV!

--j


On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Eric Gambon <eric.gambon at gmail.com> wrote:
> anyone have any tips for installing control arms?
>
> It was a huge pain to do the torsion bar part.
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> Eric Gambon
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