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Well my back recovered enough to tackle the ball joints on the driver's side, it took me roughly half the time I spent on the passenger side since I made sure to stage my tools so no looking around for what the job needs, and also I knew exactly what I had to do this time, no exploratory surgery.
Its was also really warm so I had to prep the work area:
A couple of observations, while I think the passenger side stuff was original, I think the driver side has some replacements. The lower balljoint actually felt pretty nice and tight and its rubber was way better than the pass side, the part I took off from the D side also said made in Canada, maybe thats a clue.
It was also missing a cotter pin on one bolt and the upper bj was a bit mangled by a pipewrench from the looks of things. So someone was there before, the socket slipping off the bj may have made me fall on my *** when I used a breaker bar, but in a dignified manner.
Its was also really warm so I had to prep the work area:
A couple of observations, while I think the passenger side stuff was original, I think the driver side has some replacements. The lower balljoint actually felt pretty nice and tight and its rubber was way better than the pass side, the part I took off from the D side also said made in Canada, maybe thats a clue.
It was also missing a cotter pin on one bolt and the upper bj was a bit mangled by a pipewrench from the looks of things. So someone was there before, the socket slipping off the bj may have made me fall on my *** when I used a breaker bar, but in a dignified manner.
