never work on both sides at the same time
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never work on both sides at the same time
hello all - I am bout to replace control arm bushings, ball joints, rack and pinion, shocks, stabilizer bar bushings etc -
I have a 4.0 v6 RWD aerostar - the front end has a spindle connected with a lower and upper control arms -
my Chilton and Haynes books both say:
"Never service both front suspension assemblies at the same time"
BUT it does not say why; & I can't really guess why except maybe the springs might be harder to handle I dunno anyone know - I have heard/read this before too I think from a Bentley book for a prev VW - I will do one side at a time anyways but just seeing if anyone knows why . . .
I have a 4.0 v6 RWD aerostar - the front end has a spindle connected with a lower and upper control arms -
my Chilton and Haynes books both say:
"Never service both front suspension assemblies at the same time"
BUT it does not say why; & I can't really guess why except maybe the springs might be harder to handle I dunno anyone know - I have heard/read this before too I think from a Bentley book for a prev VW - I will do one side at a time anyways but just seeing if anyone knows why . . .
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From: Glade Hill, VA 24092
I have always been a big fan of a digital camera. Take close up pictures of everything you take apart, before you take it apart. Later you can go back to the pictures for reference. A laptop with a media reader is nice so you can get the pictures up to a nice size for viewing.
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From: Graham WA
Got to be more to the story
I'm guessing here but I would think that sort of warning means there is a mechanical reason for not "working on both sides at once" or maybe even a serious "safety reason". Don't know, but something to consider.
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Thanks for the reply's -
I have everything apart except one side upper control arm
I noticed that when I took the upper control arm off one side (which has three anchor size 16mmx2 x 190 bolts that go thru the cross member) the crossmember started to sag from that side, so just incase I will do the other side after (just in case it's not held up in the middle and so it doesn't just drop) maybe that was why; but the being able to reference would be true also - not sure if it was safety because if it was on a lift that wouldn't matter really but maybe they assumed most (like me) dont have a lift - have a good one
I have everything apart except one side upper control arm
I noticed that when I took the upper control arm off one side (which has three anchor size 16mmx2 x 190 bolts that go thru the cross member) the crossmember started to sag from that side, so just incase I will do the other side after (just in case it's not held up in the middle and so it doesn't just drop) maybe that was why; but the being able to reference would be true also - not sure if it was safety because if it was on a lift that wouldn't matter really but maybe they assumed most (like me) dont have a lift - have a good one
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