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10-07-2018
It takes zero effort to rotate, kinda expected but still.
I really wanted to get some of those super heavy-duty balljoints on RA, but right now I'm getting the cheaper mevotech just to get it back together.
I'm not excited about having to drill out rivets...
10-07-2018
Precisely why I just replaced the entire control arms. You get a new ball joint already installed and the added benefit of new control arm bushings, and a lot less hassle to install.
10-07-2018
In an effort to move my project forward before winter I installed the new dogbones and BMR STB. Since some of the other parts waiting to go in are blue I shot the BMR bar with some gloss blue plasti-dip to make it match. Rear bar will be the same even though you won't see it, but my OCD won't let me have a blue and red bar, lol.. And yes I'll be painting the underside of the hood to match at some point. Just wasn't in the budget when I had the rest of it painted. The new dogbones tightened the motor back up. I didn't realize how worn out they were until I switched them out. Old ones were just flopping around in the mount. I guess 414K miles is the limit.
10-07-2018
I did that already, but the "Police Spec" balljoints barely lasted two years and ~5,000 miles. The rest of the LCA is still just fine, not even a speck of rust on them.Originally Posted by FordMan77
10-07-2018
Well that's shyte. I installed Moog arms/balljoint combo and they have been good for over 5 years now and far more miles.
10-08-2018
The first time I did balljoints I put in the Raybestos advanced tech, they were still good when the stock LCA's had started showing their age and cracked along one of the welds. Plus I needed the tabs for the older style sway bar, so I just decided on the cheap upgrade to the Police Impala LCA's, but I guess the balljoints weren't part of that upgrade...
I'm thinking I'll keep these LCA's until they break, just swap out the front bushing for the Moog problem solver whenever I get a chance, and maybe do poly rear bushing at the same time. There is that new "Terrain Tough" off road mevotech series on RA, might see how good they are. I remember seeing a pic of them on there a while ago, weren't they green or something?
10-08-2018
Yea I think so. Been a while since I've checked though.
10-10-2018
Was a bad day...
Damnn dude. You OK? What happened?
10-10-2018
Because wet leaves??
10-10-2018
dont go using hippokids reasons lol
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10-10-2018
That landing ramp held up remarkably well ...
10-10-2018
even the tow truck drivers like,,,i need to document this one.......3 hrs later, hey guys look what this guy did lol
10-10-2018
Yea, first rainy day of the season and I turned left down the ravine very cocky-like, but when I started sliding I panicked and hit the brakes. The front end slowed down and the back end slid around the side. I turned about 270 degrees counter clockwise while going over an 8 ft fence and a 3ft retaining wall. Me and my passenger walked out without a scratch, not even back pain (it's been 5 days). No airbags deployed and no (mechanical) fluids leaking. Lucky I missed all those trees, very lucky the car didn't flip, and very very lucky I switched to full coverage insurance only 6 weeks ago. Probably totaled though
10-10-2018
so you were going down the hill and spun the ass off the road there? using the work road loosely, its a path lol
10-10-2018
No there's pavement. You just can't see it from where I landed
10-10-2018
crap your saying at the top of the hill is the road? fuuuugggggg that.....
and you broke was the strut or knuckle?
10-10-2018
Yea! Like I said, OVER an 8 ft fence and a 3ft wall!
The CV popped straight out of the axle. Think I bent the frame too, but waiting to hear from insurance.
10-10-2018
Lol, I was wondering if anyone would pick up on that.
eeyan- Looks like you got away ok for trying to pull a smokey and the bandit jump in a W-body. Then again who knows what the underside looks like now. It's just a car and glad to hear everyone made it ok. Cars can be easily replaced, people not so much.
10-11-2018
Man that must have been a crazy ride. Sucks about the car but most importantly nobody got hurt.
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