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    He should've created a cash tree in my back yard so I could afford one!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete View Post
    He should've created a cash tree in my back yard so I could afford one!
    http://www.harborfreight.com/6-ton-a...ress-1666.html

    80 buck$...

    I know y'all old retired farts have all the jing...

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    Da press ain't da ching. It's all the blocks & little adapters that you need ... & a different one for each job.
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    Put a smiley after you say that Bub.

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    Well we are all back together except for bleeding the brakes...will get that done in the morning.
    A few helpfull tidbits...
    *Fulcrum bolts are 19mm (if you need to replace one they are m14 1.50 thread pitch and very hard to find). They get torqued to 80lbs.
    *The bolts that hold the fulcrum shaft are 22mm and get torqued to 112lbs. When removing these you need to pay attention to the spacers in the back. They need to go back in the same position. A couple small pieces of tape will help hold them together...there are several thin ones.
    *Before torquing the fulcrum bolts you need to set the upper control arm so that the upper bump stop is 17mm from the thingy t(tech term) he bump stop hits.
    The front fulcrum bolt is easily accessed from the front with a 3-4 inch extension on your torque wrench.

    *After doing it the 1st time it is now a fairly easy job. If properly prepared less than 2 hours (additional time for a machine shop to press the old bushings out/new bushings in if you don't have a press and the proper addapters)
    *The info for this is in section 3c of the manuel.


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