Im really confused here. My 89 has been through a good bunch of mods lately and my last thing to do was upgrading the rear pumpkin with 3.73's. When it came time to disconnect the halfshafts I decided to do what I did with my 94 when i changed gears...just remove the knuckle/halfshaft as a unit on both sides. I got the top bolt/nut out, the two lower nuts were a beast to get to...but I managed to get them out. Now, the problem is getting the two lower bolts out...the nuts are off adn teh bolt just spins...but it doenst come out!!! I've tried hammering, heating the crap out of the bolt, using a C clamp, and nothing...the bolt just seems to spin. It sounds like its just spinning in the rubber. AS far as I know the bushing is all rubber...so whats keeping the bolt from coming out???? I tried getting the bolts out on the other side, and teh same problem is there...whats up???
Any suggestions? I really dont want to remove the entire rear lower control arm..im thinking that i have to replace the knuckle bushings on one side since after trying prybars and torch the bushing seems to be crap now...but I dont want to make the job more labor intensive...i still have to put my 5.0 back on the road. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Any suggestions? I really dont want to remove the entire rear lower control arm..im thinking that i have to replace the knuckle bushings on one side since after trying prybars and torch the bushing seems to be crap now...but I dont want to make the job more labor intensive...i still have to put my 5.0 back on the road. Any help is greatly appreciated!