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daemond
07-03-2008, 12:05 AM
Woooow finally figured out what was chewing up my back drivers side tire. It just got real bad in last month and ate up a tire in that time. So I stuck nose alllll up under the car and found the Front Lower Control Arm twisted where it was hard to see (guessing its been getting more tweaked by bumps) with a nasty bend in it.
Now I was thinking hmm 3 bolts in the while thing this can't be hard to do. Annnnnd Theeeeeeeen...... The beaaaautiful people at ford decided that one of the bolts should hit the gas tank before it comes out (could have put the nut on that side and been way easier) Instead you have to drop (I think its called)the whole subframe back there!!!!!!! Not fun....
kustomcougar
07-03-2008, 12:08 AM
your saying that fords is dropping your gas tank to put a rear control arm on???
jaged
07-03-2008, 12:22 AM
please read.
to change out the control arm you need to drop the subframe b/c the gas tank is in the way
wadespencer99
07-03-2008, 01:01 AM
And you have to drop the front subframe to change the driver's side front control arm. I love Ford engineers :)
deliveryguy
07-03-2008, 01:07 AM
Wait...you do? I just cut the bolt and installed a new one upside down.
wadespencer99
07-03-2008, 01:12 AM
Or that way...lol
daemond
07-03-2008, 08:56 AM
Wait...you do? I just cut the bolt and installed a new one upside down.
If I had another bolt at the time that is probably what would have happened. Why they didn't just put the nut on that side i will never know
frinesi2
07-03-2008, 09:18 AM
I would just cut it and replace every bolt you take out with a grade 8 bolt and a lock nut.
Yuck. At least you figured it out...
StealthyWeasel
07-11-2008, 08:41 AM
Even putting in the bolt the correct way does not require removal of subframe. Why? Because I didn't. All you have to do is jack up the powertrain with a floor jack and pry it apart a little with a prybar.
daemond
07-11-2008, 09:00 AM
Hmmm don't see how you did that that would be alooot of prying hmmmm...
Even putting in the bolt the correct way does not require removal of subframe. Why? Because I didn't. All you have to do is jack up the powertrain with a floor jack and pry it apart a little with a prybar.
StealthyWeasel
07-11-2008, 11:02 AM
100% certain it works.
jaged
07-11-2008, 11:21 AM
for the inside of the toe arm yes, for inside of the control arm no. the only way to access the control arm is from the top side of the subframe