Back from the dead.

Goal: Have the car running within a week. Possible? YES.

What has been done? Quite a bit really.

01.) Separated the front knuckles from the front control arms (both upper and lower).
02.) Removed bottom ball joints from the knuckles.
03.) Removed all bushings from the lower control arms. We're using Skunk2 pro upper arms for adjustable camber up front. The upper arm mounting points have poly bushings in them already. Pictured above.
04.) Installed all the bushings in the lower control arms. What a eff'n pain. I must be getting weak in my old age; I used the bench vice to press the poly bushings in. I did mine by hand previously when I did this work on my Civic.
05.) I didn't have the tools to install the roll center adjuster properly, so I took them and the knuckles to a shop to press in. I don't want to eff up $200 ball joints. I should have them back tomorrow. Pictures when they return.
06.) I need to install the Ground Control sleeves to the Koni yellows and separate the top hats from the old setup. Hopefully that goes smoothly tomorrow.
07. ) Going to install new front wheel bearings too.
08.) Replacement axle from raxles.com should arrive on Friday.

Pix:

Bushings are out. To press the bushings out I had to separate the arms. The arm pictured is the passenger side. Did I put everything back together properly? I'm asking about the back of the arm where the sway bar d bracket bolt to. I'm 99% sure I put it together correctly. I just didn't pay attention when I took everything apart.


New bushings pressed in. I purchased a $4 tub of axle grease. I cake it on the polyurethane when I install them. Works great, and I'm still on my original $4 tub.


New bushings again.


The big mother trucker.


I am excited to see this car run again.