Well, worked a 12 hour day yesterday, and got off today by noon! Took off and stopped and saw my mom (bought her lunch) for a couple hours, headed home, took a breather, then went out into the heat! Decided today was the day to get the control arms off for swapping the bushings. So I tore into it! Again, never gotten into things like this before, was a new and interesting experience. Everything went fine for the most part, except those awful lower ball joints! Had some trouble, even with a pickle fork. But I got it! Didn't take much for pictures, but here is what I have.
What a mess.
Passenger.
Driver.
Looks like I'm going backward in progress..
Taking the arms to my cousin's work and getting the bushings swapped out; ordered my POR15 today ($38 a quart!) and it should be here by the 1st.
I sure hope this rides smooth when I'm done!