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You're not going to believe this, but
I dropped the passenger side lower control arm out to replace the bushings
and the forward bushing fell out ... shell and all!!! Guess where most of my death wobble was probably coming from ... The last person ( I refuse to call them a "mechanic") to work on the bushings didn't make sure they were pressed in far enough and the one that fell out had pressing marks not even past the edge of the shoulder or the radius at the rubber insert more that 1/8". The arm was partially collapsed like they didn't use a spacer to hold the control arm shape So, tomorrow I'm going to double check my work before I take it out on the road and make sure i have 1/8" + sticking oput past the rataining surface. -- Budd Cochran Need proof that we need less government? They can't run a website that could have been built with WYSIWYG5! |
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You're not going to believe this, but
Budd Cochran wrote:
> I dropped the passenger side lower control arm out to replace the bushings > and the forward bushing fell out ... > > shell and all!!! > > Guess where most of my death wobble was probably coming from ... > > The last person ( I refuse to call them a "mechanic") to work on the > bushings didn't make sure they were pressed in far enough and the one that > fell out had pressing marks not even past the edge of the shoulder or the > radius at the rubber insert more that 1/8". > > The arm was partially collapsed like they didn't use a spacer to hold the > control arm shape > > So, tomorrow I'm going to double check my work before I take it out on the > road and make sure i have 1/8" + sticking oput past the rataining surface. > Nothing is as simple as you plan.... Hope you have a decent junk yard down there. So far, I've lucked out - there are at least 4 old MJs in the local yards. I even found a door with good glass and working wing windows when that tree ate my drivers side door. -- Will Honea |
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You're not going to believe this, but
Budd Cochran wrote:
> I dropped the passenger side lower control arm out to replace the bushings > and the forward bushing fell out ... > > shell and all!!! > > Guess where most of my death wobble was probably coming from ... > > The last person ( I refuse to call them a "mechanic") to work on the > bushings didn't make sure they were pressed in far enough and the one that > fell out had pressing marks not even past the edge of the shoulder or the > radius at the rubber insert more that 1/8". > > The arm was partially collapsed like they didn't use a spacer to hold the > control arm shape > > So, tomorrow I'm going to double check my work before I take it out on the > road and make sure i have 1/8" + sticking oput past the rataining surface. > Nothing is as simple as you plan.... Hope you have a decent junk yard down there. So far, I've lucked out - there are at least 4 old MJs in the local yards. I even found a door with good glass and working wing windows when that tree ate my drivers side door. -- Will Honea |
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You're not going to believe this, but
On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:43:41 -0700, "Budd Cochran"
> wrote: > I dropped the passenger side lower control arm out to replace the bushings > and the forward bushing fell out ... > shell and all!!! > Guess where most of my death wobble was probably coming from ... > The last person ( I refuse to call them a "mechanic") to work on the > bushings didn't make sure they were pressed in far enough and the one that > fell out had pressing marks not even past the edge of the shoulder or the > radius at the rubber insert more that 1/8". > The arm was partially collapsed like they didn't use a spacer to hold the > control arm shape > So, tomorrow I'm going to double check my work before I take it out on the > road and make sure i have 1/8" + sticking oput past the rataining surface. After you "massage" the control arm back into shape and get the shell in there you might want to throw a couple of spotwelds on it before stuffing the bushing in. |
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You're not going to believe this, but
"Will Honea" > wrote in message ... : Budd Cochran wrote: : : > I dropped the passenger side lower control arm out to replace the bushings : > and the forward bushing fell out ... : > : > shell and all!!! : > : > Guess where most of my death wobble was probably coming from ... : > : > The last person ( I refuse to call them a "mechanic") to work on the : > bushings didn't make sure they were pressed in far enough and the one that : > fell out had pressing marks not even past the edge of the shoulder or the : > radius at the rubber insert more that 1/8". : > : > The arm was partially collapsed like they didn't use a spacer to hold the : > control arm shape : > : > So, tomorrow I'm going to double check my work before I take it out on the : > road and make sure i have 1/8" + sticking oput past the rataining surface. : > : : Nothing is as simple as you plan.... Hope you have a decent junk yard down : there. So far, I've lucked out - there are at least 4 old MJs in the local : yards. I even found a door with good glass and working wing windows when : that tree ate my drivers side door. : : -- : Will Honea : We have a good JY, Canyon Truck, here but we've been helping my younger brother recover from a heart surgery and we're strapped from weekly trips to the Springs for follow-ups for him. He's paying for the gas but with three in the house now the expenses are just a bit higher. The old adage that 2 can live as cheaply as 1 implies that three should turn a profit ... They lied. -- Budd Cochran Need proof that we need less government? They can't run a website that could have been built with WYSIWYG5! |
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You're not going to believe this, but
Budd Cochran wrote:
> The old adage that 2 can live as cheaply as 1 implies that three should > turn a profit ... > > They lied. > Yeah, but you should see what a bungee daughter can cost!! (Sons are born with umbilical cords, daughters come with bungee cords....) -- Will Honea |
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You're not going to believe this, but
"Will Honea" > wrote in message ... : Budd Cochran wrote: : : > The old adage that 2 can live as cheaply as 1 implies that three should : > turn a profit ... : > : > They lied. : > : : Yeah, but you should see what a bungee daughter can cost!! : : (Sons are born with umbilical cords, daughters come with bungee cords....) : : -- : Will Honea : Uh, oh ... I have a son with a rare mutation then . . . . -- Budd Cochran Need proof that we need less government? They can't run a website that could have been built with WYSIWYG5! |
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