RE: 4KQ Front end work

["Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN)" <BSWANN@arinc.com>]

> Any BTDT from the list on the following work associated with front strut
> replacement is appreciated.
> 
> I have my '85 4000 Quattro 140Kmiles up on jack stands.  Front struts
> removed.
> 
> Installing new BOGEs and strut bearings.  
> 
> Needed to replace a tie rod end and a lower ball joint and a CV boot that
> is starting to look like the other did before I replaced it recently.
> 
> I'm also looking at replacing the control arm bushings with new OEM
> rubber.  Should I be able to press these out with a large vice or will I
> need a press?
> 
> Anything else that I ought to get to while I've got all this apart, or do
> I have everything covered pretty much so I wont have to dissasemble again
> to replace something I might have missed in the near future?  
> 
> Next week - installing a STEBRO SS Exhaust from cat on back.  Any BTDT on
> this also?
> 
> TIA for replies.
> 
> Ben Swann
> '85 4KSQ
> '87 5KCSQTW