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Re: Replacing rear axle? Posted by Larry West [Email] (#1140) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Larry West) on Mon, 3 Jan 2011 07:23:32 In Reply to: Replacing rear axle?, Emmy J, Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:28:30 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
The only really problematic part is the panhard rod that goes between a bracket on the body to a bracket on the axle tube. Because the axle moves in an arc, installing the panhard rod while the axle is dangling, as with the car supported at the jack points by jackstands, means you have to try to twist the panhard rod, or deform the new bushing (you are installing it with new bushings, right?).
MUCH easier to bolt the upper end of the panhard to the body, then put the car on ramps, and bolt the lower end to the axle, while the car's weight is on the axle.
The sway bar shouldn't pose an issue, so long as both sides of the axle are supported or dangling together.
Oh - you may need to "custom modify" a wrench to get to the backside nut of the right-side leading link (the short, thin link at the top on each side) at the body end. The fuel tank is literally molded around this bolt, and I needed to bend the box end of a wrench to the right angle to make it fit.
Other than that, your major opponent will be rust. Also know that many of the bolts back there are still SAE, even on late cars (notably the panhard rod bolts). So have your SAE wrenches with you as well as your metrics. And remember that usually bolt heads and nuts are different hex sizes in SAE...).
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