Steering: Idler arm/Pitman arm/tie rod ends (4).

Suspension: Ball joints (lower)/replace upper control arms, completely assembled, including upper ball joints and bushings/lower control arm bushings, two in frame (PITA) and two in arm.

Misc: New grease seals for bearings, which should also be repacked. And get a decent alignment ASAP afterwards.

Shocks: Just get KYB gas-a-just. Best shock for the money, unless you can't live without the factory three way adjustable, but those will set you back $1K for new ones.

Have fun getting the bushings out/back in on the lower control arms, especially the ones in the frame mounts. It took me the better part of two days to complete that part on mine, and they still looked pretty good even after 150K miles, so I'm not even sure they needed to be done. PM me if you go ahead with them and I'll tell you how I did it.

John B.


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