[unclebilly]

I replaced the front struts in my Tundra. I am a big believer in not taking anything apart you don’t need to when doing repairs. I watched YouTube videos where people removed the tie rod ends… dropped their lower control arms so they would need an alignment afterwards…

This is what I did. I removed the 2 bolts on the bottom of the hub that hold the lower ball joint in place, I unbolted the sway bar end, and unbolted the front strut. To lower the lower control arm, I used a chain come a long (a ratchet strap would have worked) connected to the bottom side of both lower control arms and basically winched the lower control arms together.

This was WAY better than prying the lower control arm down and screwing around with screw drivers to line up the bolts. I was totally in control and did this side by myself in under an hour.