jbowden718
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- Staten Island, NY
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- 99 Explorer XLT
Hey guys, I'm going to tackle replacing my lower control arms this weekend since the bushings in my driver' side lower arm are shot. I figured I would just replace them in pairs. In preparation of tackling the job I've been reading up on how to remove the torsion bars in order to accomplish this.
Some of the members here prefer to use a special tool in order to remove the torsion bar while some others have posted that so long as you jack the vehicle up high enough and let the lower arm swing all the way down you do no need to use the puller. All you have to do is scribe the placement of the adjustment bolts along with the bar's placement on the arm.
I just want to make sure I am covering my bases and since I will be doing the work on my friend's lift getting the arm to hang all the way down will not be a problem. Here's the link I found:
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2318073&postcount=17
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Some of the members here prefer to use a special tool in order to remove the torsion bar while some others have posted that so long as you jack the vehicle up high enough and let the lower arm swing all the way down you do no need to use the puller. All you have to do is scribe the placement of the adjustment bolts along with the bar's placement on the arm.
I just want to make sure I am covering my bases and since I will be doing the work on my friend's lift getting the arm to hang all the way down will not be a problem. Here's the link I found:
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2318073&postcount=17
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.