Now, I have also been starting to prep the suspension components to install. here is some of the dirty work of the process. Stripping down front control arms and removing bushings. Removing rear trailing arm bushings.
All of these came out of their respective parts using the acetylene torch. Heat is your friend. A-arms usually take about 5 minutes each. They are quick. The trailing arms are more 10-15 because the steel collar that is pressed in never wants to move thanks to galvanic corrosion.
In this case, the ball joints were a special type of hell. I had to make multiple pie cuts in the nuts and still use a 5 lb sledge hammer with a big drift to drive them off. No, impact socket was no help at all.
Oh yeah, you might also recognize the sway bar mounts. Those are from the late style sway bar. No need for those when converting to through-body. So, they were cut off. the updated brackets will be welded in place.
I am hoping I can start hanging suspension in a few weeks.