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Originally Posted by toolboxchev
I think he is onto something. I replaced the upper control arms shafts about 7 years ago. 2 years ago I replaced lower ball joints and lower control arm shafts, then took it in for alignment. They could not line it up due in part to the complete worn out bottom shafts did not help the new upper shaft last.
I will be doing uppers again in just 7 years, heck the originals went 40, to my knowledge??? WTF, right???
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The upper shaft bushings were worn, but only a little. I decided to go ahead and replace those. I checked the lower control arms by using a heavy dead blow hammer, hammering it forward and backward, with a magnetic dial indicator mounted on the frame rail and indicating off the back of the control arm. I didn't know how else to do it, I check crankshaft thrust clearance using this method. Is there a different/better way to check this? One that better simulates the load on the LCA? I'm listening!