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Re: Shocks & Struts: Has anyone replaced them?
Posted by jpm (more from jpm) on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:45:33
In Reply to: Shocks & Struts: Has anyone replaced them?, STICKMAN, Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:17:37
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I did mine at 100k miles and found most of the hardware was in pretty good shape. The strut bearings are things of beauty. Ball bearings and significantly better than the aftermarket replacements. The ball joints and outter tie rod ends were worn and needed replacement. Saab makes replacement more difficult since you need to pull the balljoint, and tie rod. I did both fronts in a day but it took a while. Make sure you have a tie rod end press and a way to pop the ball joint. I jacked under the ball joint then put a drill blank between the strut/king pin assembly and lower control arm the lowered the jack to pop the ball joint. It worked very well but it is probably not recommended for the ball joint. I was replacing it anyway so I did not care. If you want to reuse the ball joint you may need to find a press that fits between the CV joint and ball joint bolt.
good luck
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Posts in this Thread:
- Shocks & Struts: Has anyone replaced them?, STICKMAN, Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:17:37
- Re: Shocks & Struts: Has anyone replaced them?, RMViggen, Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:40:17
- Re: Shocks & Struts: Has anyone replaced them?, jpm, Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:45:33 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Shocks & Struts: Has anyone replaced them?, VB, Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:52:47
- Yes, dramatic ride improvement (+), vvk, Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:28:26
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