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Front Suspension Refresh -- My experience
Hi All,
Using the numerous "front suspension refresh" threads on this side, I had a very successful experience pulling my front suspension apart to replace a arm bushings, ball joints, sway bar bushings, and turbo tie rods. Here are a few bullet points from my experience:
Here's the pic of the double nut on the threaded tie rod stub: ![]() A huge THANK YOU to this forum for giving me the knowledge needed to make this smooth and easy for me and my dad!! Hopefully the bullets above help someone in some small way. Rich
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Same photo, rotated so you can see it better:
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Rich Wilner ======================= Fun: 84 Carrera slate blue metallic Sold (and Missed):73 914 2.0L signal orange |
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FWIW installing turbo tie rods (and the cursed boots) is much easier with the steering rack out of the car. The rack is not very hard to remove (esp when you are that far already) and gives you a chance to rebuild the rack too.
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The boots go easier if you utilize a hair dryer tomsoften them up and some silicone spray.
But I agree on the invaluable nature of this board. I could hardly afford to maintain or modify my car without it.
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