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Originally Posted by tomtom72
I hear you Pete! I just picked my parents up at the airport. They came in from West Palm Beach. My pops was saying how cold it was & that next year for Christmas that I & my sisters should fly to their place for Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all the Brothers Of The Beast! 
Yun, I was thinking about the bushing r&r for the uppers and what I was going to do was install them, disconnect the harness for the actuators & remove same, put the shocks in w/ new bushings & go drive the car around to "compress" the bushings and then measure to see if I had the 5mm gap to see if they settled. The fronts are easy, but the rears will be some work. Sorry, I don't have a better idea!  
What are your thoughts on this? |
I had rear uppers replaced about a year ago. Wasn't thinking at the time - bushing having to settle.
Check light stayed on for a day and then mysteriously went off.
What I would do for the rear is go ahead and replace and, let it settle for a while. It's cold now and will resist compression for awhile. I would disconnect the whole system until it gets warm.
Gears are abou $25 each from Captain Z but the actuators are what, $250 or so each? I know it's pain in the butt but what can you do?
Fronts are easier to deal with. I am going to torque it down, see if it binds and if it does bind, pull the actuators, drive around, tighten and try again.
I was hoping to replace all 4 shocks and front upper control arm (new piece, shock bushings and 4 shocks are sitting in the car) but it's snowing like hell (or should I say Canada?) and no way I will be able to drive to Jim's tomorrow.
I think I will just take a day off before Christmas...
Merry Christmas, y'all!
