rear control arm

daemond · 07-03-2008, 01:05 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, 01:08 AM

your saying that fords is dropping your gas tank to put a rear control arm on???

jaged · 07-03-2008, 01:22 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, 02:01 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, 02:07 AM

Wait...you do? I just cut the bolt and installed a new one upside down.

wadespencer99 · 07-03-2008, 02:12 AM

Or that way...lol

daemond · 07-03-2008, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deliveryguy

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, 10:18 AM

I would just cut it and replace every bolt you take out with a grade 8 bolt and a lock nut.

Tigg · 07-03-2008, 08:48 PM

Yuck. At least you figured it out...

StealthyWeasel · 07-11-2008, 09:41 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.

07-03-2008, 01:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
daemond NECO Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salisbury Posts: 123	rear control arm 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....

07-03-2008, 01:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
jaged shoot me now Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: hebron, in Posts: 14,331 Images: 3	Re: rear control arm please read. to change out the control arm you need to drop the subframe b/c the gas tank is in the way __________________ BUY COUGARFEST RAFFLE TICKETS SM 86 now with two choices 2.5L or 3L

07-03-2008, 02:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
deliveryguy NECO Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Amherst, MA Posts: 757	Re: rear control arm Wait...you do? I just cut the bolt and installed a new one upside down. __________________ WTB •99-00 Fog Lamps •Aussie Corner Reflectors (01-02) •99-00 Wheel Cap

07-03-2008, 10:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
frinesi2 NECO Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Catonsville, MD Posts: 422 Images: 6	Re: rear control arm I would just cut it and replace every bolt you take out with a grade 8 bolt and a lock nut. __________________ I fix my car all of the time. Nothing else matters, not school, not sleep, not my bank account. But for those ten seconds or less, when everything works right, I'm free.

07-03-2008, 08:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
Tigg Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pasadena, MD Posts: 2,887 Images: 10	Re: rear control arm Yuck. At least you figured it out... __________________ ~~ Nicky ~~ 2000 Spruce Green v6 mtx ~ Tigg@CougarDB 2004 Twilight Blue 6MT G35 Coupe Tweeter 3-18-77 ~ 7-9-03

07-11-2008, 09:41 AM	#10 (permalink)
StealthyWeasel NECO Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 4,145 Images: 5	Re: rear control arm 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. __________________ Suspended animation, state of bliss.

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