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 Ball Joint Spacer Install Complete
#485516
08/07/04 05:42 AM
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Joined: Mar 2003
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Well started on installing my 1.5 balljoint spacers today. Finished with the grinding, however I can't seem to gain enough clearance between the upper control arm and the balljoint to slip it back in with the spacer on top. Not anything like the clearance shown on this page http://www.amug.org/~sschaefer/san_diego_off_road_solutions_.htmlHow do I do this? Thanks
Last edited by SWORDFISH92; 08/08/04 03:34 AM.
1992 4Runner V6 SR5 4x4 Auto
-ARBequed, Geared, Lifted, Lighted, and Locked. 32 BFG KM's
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: SWORDFISH92]
#485517
08/07/04 06:25 AM
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Try taking the nut off the top of your shock and the nut off the bottom of your sway bar end link and let everything drop down a little bit with a jack until it all slides in.
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: SWORDFISH92]
#485518
08/07/04 07:20 AM
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Did you remove the tension on the torsion bars?
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: code33]
#485519
08/07/04 06:12 PM
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No, how would i do that? I have already knocked out the original studs, so i was thinking about putting the new ones in, and putting the tires back on the truck. then placing something between the upper control arm and the bumpstop. Hows that sound? Anything better/easier?
1992 4Runner V6 SR5 4x4 Auto
-ARBequed, Geared, Lifted, Lighted, and Locked. 32 BFG KM's
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: Myredyota]
#485520
08/07/04 06:28 PM
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Joined: Sep 2003
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Try taking the nut off the top of your shock and the nut off the bottom of your sway bar end link and let everything drop down a little bit with a jack until it all slides in. Yep, this is what I did. I also stuffed some scrap steel tubing between the upper A-arms and their bumpstops so that they wouldn't droop so much when I jacked the rig up. With the shocks disconnected at the top, and the upper A-arms wedged so they don't drop, the lower arms should drop more than enough.
Jason '88 Toyota, flatbed junker, Inchworm dual cases, spooled rear.
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: BeaterToyota]
#485521
08/07/04 07:07 PM
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thanks alot, I'll let you know how it goes.
1992 4Runner V6 SR5 4x4 Auto
-ARBequed, Geared, Lifted, Lighted, and Locked. 32 BFG KM's
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: SWORDFISH92]
#485522
08/07/04 11:50 PM
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Joined: Sep 2002
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Body Damage is Cool
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93 4X4 ext-cab, auto, SR5, 3.4 V6, supercharged, 2.1" pulley, URD fuel mods, Aquamist WI, IPT valve body mod, dual cases, 4" superlift, Alcan springs, 33 BFG MT, ARB locked front & rear, 5.29 US Gears, RB 1" BL, 1.5" BJ spacers, TJM T-17, Warn m8000.
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: SWORDFISH92]
#485523
08/08/04 03:26 AM
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well I used a bottle jack to spread the upper control arms from the lower, slid the spacers in. Finise
1992 4Runner V6 SR5 4x4 Auto
-ARBequed, Geared, Lifted, Lighted, and Locked. 32 BFG KM's
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: SWORDFISH92]
#485524
08/08/04 03:28 AM
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Everyone, thank you for all your help. Made this job so much easier. Thanks again, Matt <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />
1992 4Runner V6 SR5 4x4 Auto
-ARBequed, Geared, Lifted, Lighted, and Locked. 32 BFG KM's
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Re: Help!!! Ball Joint Spacer Install
[Re: SWORDFISH92]
#485525
08/08/04 03:36 AM
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Oh and for reference: 32x11.50 BFG Muds on stock backspaced wheels (4.5) DO clear, but just barely. I will have to let ya'll know after I get it aligned.
1992 4Runner V6 SR5 4x4 Auto
-ARBequed, Geared, Lifted, Lighted, and Locked. 32 BFG KM's
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