Ok, so this is the part where I'm going to try and make the camber right, or at least adjustable so I can get Skiddy in for an alignment.
Started out back, the old camber arm in place:
I had already had the bolts to the body out, but the bolt into the rear assembly had me a little worried. Hit it with a little love juice, and the bolts let right go! I was ready for a fight there, after the bolts on the lower control arm bushings gave me a solid fight
Old and new side by side:
New camber arm in place:
The rears were relatively simple to get done! Then I moved on to the front. I've had bad luck with ebay cheapos for front upper control arms with the minion (lesson leared), and decided to do this instead. I't a copy of the moog adjustables, made by the same folks I got the coilovers from, it bacisally replaces the upper control arm's bushing and makes it adjustable:
That takes the front's upper control arms from this:
To this!
I didn't even separate the upper ball joint (it seemed ok
), just spun the arm around to get get old bushings out and new ones in:
Then it was off to the alignment rack! Happy times! Until the alignment dude said Skiddy needed an inner tie rod end, and told me how much extra that would cost ($79 for the part, $101 for labor) I then asked if they saw anything else that needed attention - he said no, and that the parts weren't available today (yesterday). Good. I wouldn't have to break his heart telling him about the MOOG inner tie rod end SET I got at advanced for $35 (they messed up telling me they had 2 in stock, so I had to wait and got them at cost!)
Inner tie rods are here now, but I'm comfy in the house clicking on the internet..
There's always tomorrow the procrastinator said! But today is always yesterday's tomorrow, What to do, what to do?
I'll probably be in the garage!
Thanks,
Victor