xxxtreme22r

subscribing to this, gonna have to do this sometime this summer. hopefully not sooner lol.

iamsuperbleeder

the parts have held up great!

well, accept for the idler arm, but that's my own dumb-ass fault, with my silly IFS modifications

but so far so good! the fact that they're all greasable probably plays a big part of that

HAI-TEK7

Nice, Thanks for the quick reply. Do you mind telling me which vendor you used?

iamsuperbleeder

ummmm, it's been so long ago I honestly cannot remember... but they are the brand called "OE", and a bunch of vendors sell them

85gijunk4x4

wow, theres alot of parts to ifs, true about the tools disapearing too

iamsuperbleeder

it's a pretty simple system actually, when you break it down

take 10 minutes to look jack the truck up, look underneath, and cycle the wheels left and right a few times, and watch each part move, and you'll be saying "OOOOOooohhh, that's how that works" the best way to learn

85gijunk4x4

the thing that stumps me the most is tortion (sp?) bars, ive never really looked to see how they work, so that might be why...

Windsor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_bar_suspension

Easy stuff, just twisting a big metal bar that doesn't want to be twisted.

85gijunk4x4

ohh like my ex? lol jk i take that back, this is a family website. but on a serious note, i see how they work now its kinda like when you bend a ruler or something, in a way,...but yeah i got the idea

85gijunk4x4

ok, now i see how 'cranking up' the torsion bars raises ifs

iamsuperbleeder

it's like a coil spring, that's not coiled up and is about twice the thickness, lol

Danstoy

I need any tip you guys have on getting the stabilizer disconnected on the right side.

This guy pictured above:


I can not after heat, hammer, and puller, get the damn thing to budge.

ANY AND ALL ADVICE I am open to. Trying to replace this sloppy original.

Robert m

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Pickle fork?

joeynational

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Did you remove the entire steering linkage assembly? Thats how i got mine off. Sprayed with some PB blaster and pounded it out with a BFH