Ball joint replacement
Doesn't the shock limit the down travel of the LCA?
You can remove the UCA with the torsion bars installed.
And you can replace the Lower Ball joint with the Torsion bars installed
Here is what I don't know... If you support the LCA with a jack and remove the shock can't you lower the LCA enough to release all tension on the torsion bar?
The shock might limit the down travel, but if you hit it with enough force when you fire the LCA off it might not. You’re assuming the shock won’t come apart.
Removing the UCA is still easier without tension on the torsion bars and LCA. And if something moves the LCA is still under tension.
Sure, you don’t need to remove the torsion bars to replace the lower ball joint, but again, why do it with load on the bars?
And last, it totally depends on the torsion bar adjustment. Maybe without the upper bump stops in play the LCA will lower enough to come off the adjuster, but, maybe not.
Can you do most of that stuff with tension on the bars? Sure. But why? It takes two minutes to loosen the adjusters. If you don’t, and something goes wrong, the suspension is loaded and that stored energy can bite you in the ***.
So with the shock off and the lca all the way down the torsion bar will slide right out??
If the adjusters don’t have tension on them.
From the looks of bushings do they need to be replaced?
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Is that a joke? Those things are toast.
