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- From: donald.wendel@yob.sccsi.com (Donald Wendel)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: 79 Fairmont s/w - can bus
- Message-ID: <6536.196.uupcb@yob.sccsi.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 17:46:00 GMT
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- Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569
- Reply-To: donald.wendel@yob.sccsi.com (Donald Wendel)
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- >>>Subject: 79 Fairmont s/w - can bushings/ball joints be replaced?
- >>>Date: 10 Dec 92 19:51:23 GMT
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- BHM>>>I have a 79 Fairmont wagon with >153,000 miles on it (miraculous, huh? :-
- >>>The ball joints and most of the suspension bushings have had it. Both th
- >>>local Ford extortionist, er, dealer :-) and the Chilton and Haines fix-it
- >>>books say that the ball joints and bushings cannot be replaced; the entir
- >>>lower arm assembly must be replaced. However, the chaps down at Pep Boys
- >>>tell me that the bushings and ball joints *can* be replaced, and that the
- >>>stock said items. What's the real scoop here? Can they be replaced or n
- >>>If so, what out-of-the-ordinary tools will I need? (I'd imagine a press
- >>>some kind, and maybe a slide hammer to get the old ones out of the arms.)
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- BHM>>>On a related issue, is it a better idea to rebuild or replace the rear br
- >>>cylinders? Just curious on this one.
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- BHM>>>Bruce H. McIntosh brucem@neufhou.mail.ufl.edu Jesus has ris
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- Balljoints are available either way...I prefer complete arms.(a lot
- easier to install). The wheel cylinders depend on just how bad the
- inside is. You get to 'em just pop em apart and examine for serious pits
- rust etc. Minor stuff can be honed out. Anything more and I'd spring for
- the $10-$15 per NEW cylinder.
- ..
- One other thing on the arms...if you replace the bushing and balljoints
- yourself you run the risk of bending the arm...
- Later,
- Don
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- * SLMR 2.1a * I put spot remover on my dog....Spots gone!
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