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Offline gold84gmc

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removal of upper control arms
« on: October 15, 2009, 05:43:32 pm »
does anyone have a procedure and/or pics of how to change the upper control arms for a 3/4t
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Re: removal of upper control arms
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2009, 06:58:55 pm »
Keep your shims in place, undo the ball joint and the two nuts
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Re: removal of upper control arms
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2009, 07:04:12 pm »
what about the spring?wont that fly up if i take something off wrong?
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Re: removal of upper control arms
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2009, 07:09:34 pm »
Not if you have the lower control arm supported.
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Re: removal of upper control arms
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2009, 08:42:51 pm »
am i supposed to put pressure on the lower control arm or just have the jack resting under it.....whats the complete procedure?
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Offline dv8customs

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Re: removal of upper control arms
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2009, 10:38:54 am »
Just support the lower arm so that the spring can't push it down.
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