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Old 2005-11-16, 04:54 PM   #6
Dean
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Originally Posted by sperry
You don't have to take anything off the car... just remove the 3 nuts, drop the suspention into the wheel well, reach under there and rotate the top mount by hand, and put it back up into place.

The top mount should remain attached to the top of the strut, and the strut should remain attached to the knuckle. There's enough flex in the lower control arm to push the strut down enough to correct the top mount.
Just to clarify, so it doesn't drop out and hurt something...

1. Undo the nuts with the tire still on the ground.
2. Jack that corner up from the corrsponding jack point under the front of the door sil slowly until the studs start to drop and eventually clear their holes. you may need to nudge the wheel to get the threads on the studs to let go of the sheet metal.
3. If the tire lifts off before the studs come out, the sawy bar ma be preventing that side from drooping enough. Put it down, and put ehe other side up on a jack stand and try again.
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