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Old 05-15-2020, 06:50 AM   #5705
morgal48
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It was yesterday, but I spent 5 hours replacing rear LCAs and trailing arms. Went to U DO IT auto shop, put the car on a lift and learned things:
1. The front connection of the trailing arms have a square head nut on the top that's almost impossible to reach and put a wrench on. Not needed. The square head is held captive in a u shaped keeper.
2. Jacking the wheel carrier up to insert the bolt from the trailing arm to the LCA makes that task very easy - the wheel carrier moves through two axes, so doing that by hand requires the strength of Samson.
3. An alignment is absolutely necessary afterward.
Fun day.
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