[V8] control arms

[Mike Arman]

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> anyone have any tips for installing control arms?
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> It was a huge pain to do the torsion bar part.


I seem to recall having the same problem on my 5K.


When you jack up the car to work on it, the suspension is unloaded and in the "full down" position, 
at the end of its' range of motion. Yes, it is difficult to get things to line up for re-assembly.


I think I remember using two small hydraulic jacks to raise the RF & LF suspensions to their 
more-or-less "neutral" positions thus taking the loads off things and then everything went together 
much more easily.


I think I also removed the two clamps which hold the sway bar onto the front crossmember, and let 
the sway bar hang down while I redid the end attachments, then with everything else done, I gently 
jacked the middle of the sway bar back into the correct position and bolted the caps on. It was all 
actually pretty easy not having to wrestle the sway bar trying to torque it so the holes would line 
up. That sucker is far stronger than I am!


Best Regards,

Mike Arman
90V8Q