I was changing out my control arms and screwed up.
I had all the rear and the front lower done one at a time with no problems. I had changed the front passenger upper and was torquing it down to 60 ft lbs when the rear bolt broke in half.
Without thinking I pulled the driver side thinking I’d take the bolt to town to try and find a match, I’m guessing while I had both off the axle rotated forward away from the arms.
I read the old threads and fought with it tonight but no luck. I’ve loosened my lower control arm bolts. I jacked the front end off the ground and supported the frame with stands and attached a ratchet strap to the axle, this got the axle closer but I’m probably still about a ¼” misaligned. I tried some
dry steering but it still didn’t line up.
What should I try next? More with the ratchet strap? I stripped the gears on one already. Is there anything else I should loosen or remove? Put it in neutral and push back and forth?
I am replacing with OEM style Crown arms.
I had all the rear and the front lower done one at a time with no problems. I had changed the front passenger upper and was torquing it down to 60 ft lbs when the rear bolt broke in half.
Without thinking I pulled the driver side thinking I’d take the bolt to town to try and find a match, I’m guessing while I had both off the axle rotated forward away from the arms.
I read the old threads and fought with it tonight but no luck. I’ve loosened my lower control arm bolts. I jacked the front end off the ground and supported the frame with stands and attached a ratchet strap to the axle, this got the axle closer but I’m probably still about a ¼” misaligned. I tried some
dry steering but it still didn’t line up.
What should I try next? More with the ratchet strap? I stripped the gears on one already. Is there anything else I should loosen or remove? Put it in neutral and push back and forth?
I am replacing with OEM style Crown arms.
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