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Originally Posted by MemphisJim
I can tell you that this IS necessary. I tried without doing this and you can't jack the carrier up enough for the cv joint to clear the tranny - the car starts to lift...the sway bar is doing its job. I'm in the middle of doing the boot replacement and I've got the passenger side out. Hope I don't wring a bolt off in the engine cause I can see the exhaust must be dropped on the drivers side -- there is not as much clearance.
btw, I've got a 2000S with 41K and ALL 4 boots are fully torn. This must be a huge issue. I'm guessing every 2000S with 40K miles has torn boots???
Nice write-up!! Thanks!!!!!
Jim
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Thank you!! I'm glad someone is getting some use from this. You're right, that exhaust header must be dropped down, and it was definitely the part that made me the most nervous. Get some aluminum anti-seize paste, and lube those bolts up before you torque them back down.
Good luck with it!