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Old 2005-11-16, 06:16 PM   #13
Dean
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Originally Posted by sperry
There's just the small matter of friction in the LCA bushing. You have to physically push down on the strut to get it to drop enough to get to the top mount under the fender.

When the car's in the air, the suspension is already at full droop, to gotta push on it to make it go further, especially if the swaybat is left hooked up. Hell, if the whole front end isn't in the air, you may need to actually disconnect the swaybar just to be able to get the wheel to drop at all.

In fact, add that to my instructions... before getting the car in the air, disconnect the front swaybar on the corner that needs to be fixed.
OK, use Scott's instructions, with adendum, and if you want to be extra safe, throw the jack under teh strut before losening the last nut just to be safe. After all, I appear to be on a safety kick this week.
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