gammagoblin
08-13-2012, 07:35 AM
I'm at the dealer for a taillight recall job, which must be quick, because after an hour or so I'm told they've done a look-over on my car and all is well. Except the front "thrust bushings" are "ruptured" (heh).
My car has 65k and the suspension is all stock, so it's likely they are on the way out even though I haven't noticed them yet. I did drive a car with a gone CAB and it was impossible to miss. But considering my car's age it's not a bad idea at this point.
So control arms and bushings then. Seems like Meryle HDs are popular? Looking for similar to stock but longer-lasting.
And eventually, I will have refreshed the whole suspension, but instead of doing it all in one shot in another 10-20k miles I think I'm going to do it piece by piece. What is easy/makes sense to do while you're doing the control arms? Sway bushings, end links, tie rods, etc etc. Probably not going to touch shock/strut and spring until I get to doing all 4 of those, which will come later.
My car has 65k and the suspension is all stock, so it's likely they are on the way out even though I haven't noticed them yet. I did drive a car with a gone CAB and it was impossible to miss. But considering my car's age it's not a bad idea at this point.
So control arms and bushings then. Seems like Meryle HDs are popular? Looking for similar to stock but longer-lasting.
And eventually, I will have refreshed the whole suspension, but instead of doing it all in one shot in another 10-20k miles I think I'm going to do it piece by piece. What is easy/makes sense to do while you're doing the control arms? Sway bushings, end links, tie rods, etc etc. Probably not going to touch shock/strut and spring until I get to doing all 4 of those, which will come later.