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[Weds]

Just changed my wishbones again for a set with poly bushes..

This is about the 4th time Iv'e changes a set and usually when refitting I get the front and rear bushes aligned with the bolts in loose the faff about trying to get the bottom suspension leg ball joint in place, its usually involves a large lever to get the wishbone low enough to line up the pin.

But this time on one side I decided to put the ball joint in place first, then get the rear bush in place, this was probably harder than usual due to the wishbone being at an angle, so I had to use a drift to knock the metal sleeve of the bush in place, then the front pivot was quite easy because I put the poly bushes in last by pulling the wishbone down and sliding the bushes in.

So how do you do yours, ball joint in first or last...

[Darth Loo-knee]

Last 

[Seth]

Last!

[JamesV6CDX]

i did mine last, but it was a struggle getting the arm to go low enough!

[Lazydocker]

Last every time, using my 3' lever bar to lever the 'bone down and get the ball joint in

[Seth]

Last every time, using my 3' lever bar to lever the 'bone down and get the ball joint in

Atta boy Paul - same 'professional' approach here!
Never failed ........ yet

[Abiton]

Last, but with spring compressed so the BJ doesn't have to go so low. 
 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Last, but with spring compressed so the BJ doesn't have to go so low. 
 

Steady now!

Always balljoint in last, as said,  using a big lever (and 16 stone of me on the end of it).

[feeutfo]

Last.

Clarks large pry bar fits nicely in the centre hole of the wb. Pull the pin outboard as far as it will go, lever the wb down,  line the knuckle hole up with the pin and let it rest while dropping pry bar. Then push the shock body inboard and it should pop in when the pin goes verticle.

Rear bush bolt first. Then front bush bolt. Then pin last.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Second......as it gives you more movement to get the ball joint in and getting the front bush in is a piece of cake anyway

[feeutfo]

Tried that, found it awkward personally, with both sections moving around under strain as opposed to just one. But each to thier own as they say...

[feeutfo]

Obviously it's sooo much easier if not preserving the camber setting. If the shock is removed from stub axle. Just plonk the stub axle on top of the pin, job done. Apart from re setting camber of course 

...although with the socket method that's quite easy, and if full geo is booked anyway, we might ask..... why battle with the bloody thing.   

[sjc]

Last and lever the arm down.  Mine's lowered quite a bit so it doesn't have far to go LOL!

[Andy B]

Paid some other bugger to do them for me 

[sjc]

Paid some other bugger to do them for me 

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