I think if I had applied myself & stuck with it, about 3-4 hrs. on the first side, & 1-1/2 - 2 hrs. on the second one would be a reasonable guesstimate.Originally Posted by taylorRichie
Hey Larry,
Can you tell me your approximate time to completion for one side, while being lackadaisical?
I'll add 25% and figure that's about where I'd land
As it was, I took a lot of breaks, what with changing loads of laundry, talking to the nice older couple next door, the shapely sweet young thing that moved in upstairs (she actually wanted to look at my torn CV boots) & just going about the whole project "hawaiian style"...:thumbup (translate that into about 6 hrs. total
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My attention seems to wander, & I look at all kinds of other stuff while I'm working under there.
I discovered a torn shock boot, trans. pan gasket leak, & a few other issues that will need to be addressed shortly.
As a side note, you will want to take about 10 full turns of tension off of your torsion bars to get the necessary suspension compression, when I tried to jack up my lower control arm, the frame came off the jack stand before the control arm moved.
Also, liquid wrench or PB blaster the day before on the 4 lower ball joint bolts & the torsion bar bolts is a good idea.
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