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xj lower control arm
CaptORM:
Sorry must have missed this post somewhere.....I just did mine umm two months ago. Its not difficult. Pulling the axle does make things easier...I disconnected everything from the axle side and pulled out the axle...placed it on some jackstands, removed and cleaned up the axle then had scott weld on the new bracket. Make sure you make marks on the axle before removing the old bracket....That way you know where to position the new ones....They are significantly bigger and work great.
The other benefit to taking out the axle is painting everything while its off the jeep. Make sure you put a couple coats of paint on the new brackets and welds.
Are you driving it while you wait for parts....dont do that. When that bracket goes it goes hard....damn near ripped the other side and the uppers off of mine when it happened and I was only going about 5 mph in the snow.
If you need any help let me know...
PaulW:
they're real easy to put in. i got cheap last time i ripped one off and just welded 1/4" plate to the outside of the stock mounts on my replacement axle. but reptile, my closing got bumped to the 29th, if you want to come out to bristol we can use my boys shop and just put the jeep up on the lift. it'll be so much easier even if we do pull the whole diff out.
CaptORM:
You dont really need the lift...you can do it easy with a set of jackstands on the frame. make sure you have an extra set for the axle when you pull it out though...
reptile610:
i have been driving it, mudding it, everything is fine on it there are no problems it's just bent abit, i wanna put a 3 inch lift on it so i figured i needed to replace them b4 i did it.
PaulW:
--- Quote from: CaptORM on May 15, 2009, 05:23:47 PM ---You dont really need the lift...
--- End quote ---
need it no, but if you have it....
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