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Sorry, I didn't mean to condescend. Hard to know how basic to make the explanation.
Now that's a pretty funky place to put the sway bar. I think I'd prefer a three point upper control arm myself, rather than make the sway bar the third point.
I'm finding it a little hard to believe that this rust is affecting your camber that much. As long as it's still attached. If it broke off, it would allow your upper control arm to wobble and be undrivable. But it's mostly going to affect caster in a big way at that point.
It actually doesn't look too bad to swap out. Battery tray, brake booster, some hoses and a few random small parts. Bet it's tight and awkward though. Oh probably the hood too, no?
How does the upper control arm bushing look? If you jack it by the lower control arm so the suspension is loaded with no weight on the tire and yank the top of the wheel in and out you should be able to see any play, Though, the funky sway bar may interfere, some. You may have to figure out how to get some leverage on it to get movement.
I don't know what else could affect camber that wouldn't have shown up as loosey goosey.
Now you have me wanting to pull the wheels off, but I can't today. We're having a party and Momma would not be pleased..
On 6/21/2014 12:57 AM, Bogy Wan Kenobi polespearbogy@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:
Thanks too much for your interest and help.Bogy,
Sorry, I didn't mean to condescend. Hard to know how basic to make the explanation.
Now that's a pretty funky place to put the sway bar. I think I'd prefer a three point upper control arm myself, rather than make the sway bar the third point.
I'm finding it a little hard to believe that this rust is affecting your camber that much. As long as it's still attached. If it broke off, it would allow your upper control arm to wobble and be undrivable. But it's mostly going to affect caster in a big way at that point. It actually doesn't look too bad to swap out. Battery tray, brake booster, some hoses and a few random small parts. Bet it's tight and awkward though. Oh probably the hood too, no?
How does the upper control arm bushing look? If you jack it by the lower control arm so the suspension is loaded with no weight on the tire and yank the top of the wheel in and out you should be able to see any play, Though, the funky sway bar may interfere, some. You may have to figure out how to get some leverage on it to get movement.
I don't know what else could affect camber that wouldn't have shown up as loosey goosey.
Now you have me wanting to pull the wheels off, but I can't today. We're having a party and Momma would not be pleased..
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