Since the Stepper has been drivable, plus working 40+ hours a week and other assorted "Life gets in the way" moments, I haven't been out here much. A month or so back I noticed strangeness in the front end so it was time for a little detective work, found the culprit, the lower ball joint on the Driver's side decided to retire from service...
With no cool place to work, temperature wise, I waited until the summer decided to vacate before delving into the suspension woes...
Yep, I'm a fat lazy guy when summer in Arkansas decides to keep temps in the 90's into October...
Well it's finally cooling off into the Fall like weather so today by noon I had the oil changed in the Wife's car and the retired ball joint replaced.
Onto the pics... and maybe video's in another post, we'll see how that goes...
This one was taken yesterday morning...
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Rotor and Spindle out of the way...
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The retired ball joint decided to be stubborn... the 2 pieces on the right came out first then the outer case was pressed out separately...
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The new part is Moog brand...
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Installed...
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Back together, greased up and ready for duty...
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Will post a couple of short videos to YouTube and attempt to make them work here...
I say attempt because even though I've had help from TJ in the past, and I have a cheat sheet nearby, I still have issues getting the video embedding to work.
On a side note, I found this Bowtie at work recently and am considering adding it to the Stepper's grille, I've got it temporarily in place but not sure if I like it... Will leave for now to see if it grows on me, if not it will become a toolbox ornament.
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Laterz...
