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Got my rear upper control bearings. Wondering if I have to drop the sub-frame or not.
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12-22-2017, 08:22 PM
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Got my rear upper control bearings. Wondering if I have to drop the sub-frame or not.
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03-08-2018, 08:49 PM
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Up-date. Installed the upper rear control arms bushings from SPL. Did it with out dropping the rear sub-frame. Remove the tires. Remove the axles. This helps in giving you more room to work with. Axles ain't hard to remove.
1st pic. The 2 bolts that you have to remove. The front bolt, you can get to it from the wheel opening. The rear bolt, you have to get to it from under. Remove these after, removing the nut on the ball joint stud. 2nd pic. The ball joint stud nut. With the axle gone. It's easy to get to the cotter key on the stud, and the nut. 3rd pic. With the nut removed. The arm pops up.
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1st pic. Arm removed and sitting on the bench.
2nd pic. This is a rubber spacer that you no longer need. It's on the front bushing. 3rd pic. Hole saw. 1 1/4" or 32mm. You need this to cut out the bushing center. 4th pic. Center the hole saw on the bushing. The hole saw will cut the rubber and some of the aluminum on the outer sleeve. Be careful. You want it to go straight, if not not. It will cut the arm it's self.
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03-08-2018, 09:06 PM
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1st pic. This is what the arm looks like after you cut out the center.
2nd pic. The center in the hole saw. 3rd pic. Use a hack saw blade and put 2 notches, 90 degrees apart, in the remaining bushing shell. 4th pic. Use a hammer and punch to knock out out the shell. 5th pic. Got too close the arm when cutting.  Didn't touch the arm. 6th pic. The cut out center section.
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03-08-2018, 09:17 PM
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1st pic. The rear SPL bushings.
2nd pic. Using a ball joint press to press in the bushing. 3rd pic. The bushing installed. Showing the flange side. 4th pic. The snap ring installed. 5th pic. This pic shows that the bushing gets installed from the beveled side of the hole.
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1st and 2nd pic. Completed arms.
3rd and 4th. Arms installed. Time about 5 hrs.
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03-08-2018, 09:22 PM
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Look at all these beauty SPL parts.
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