Jacob Linder
"Roadhouse" - Peter Griffin
- Joined
- February 4, 2016
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- City, State
- Chickamauga, GA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 06' Explorer EB 4x4
Good Morning to ALL!
I took a small leave of absence from the forum. I'm one of the admin on the large Explorer Club on facebook and it had pulled me away. However! I still believe forums to be the NUMBER ONE sites for information regarding fixes.
The Winter was a long and nasty one, but it gave me a chance to do a few things that I desperately needed to do to the Explorer. I FINALLY GOT MY BTF ARMS. Installation is a breeze with these things because Ford made it insanely simple to replace control arms.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
1. Remove wheels and get truck up on stands.
2. 1/2 inch ratchet
3. 13mm socket
4. 18mm socket
Optional:
1.Ball joint separaters (Doubt you'll need them because youre replacing the arm anyway)
2.Cut off wheel (I needed it because I couldn't get the driver side ball joint to stop spinning, so we cut off the joint)
3.PB Blaster
STEP ONE:Remove the 13m nut connecting the balljoint to the knuckle
STEP TWO: Remove both 18mm bolts holding the upper control arm in (has stopper on other end so you wont need grippers to keep from spinning
STEP THREE: Reinstall both 18mm bolts to BTF arms (Comes with 2 washers to create tight fit DO NOT USE HAMMER TO PUNCH IN)
STEP FOUR: It's a uniball rather than joint so insert both pins into ball and tighten 13mm nut back to the knuckle.
STEP FIVE: They are adjustable, so you will have to play with the camber to get them where you like, and get an alignment.
I understand I suck at explaining things, so if there is additional information that i missed please chime in. Thanks!
I took a small leave of absence from the forum. I'm one of the admin on the large Explorer Club on facebook and it had pulled me away. However! I still believe forums to be the NUMBER ONE sites for information regarding fixes.
The Winter was a long and nasty one, but it gave me a chance to do a few things that I desperately needed to do to the Explorer. I FINALLY GOT MY BTF ARMS. Installation is a breeze with these things because Ford made it insanely simple to replace control arms.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
1. Remove wheels and get truck up on stands.
2. 1/2 inch ratchet
3. 13mm socket
4. 18mm socket
Optional:
1.Ball joint separaters (Doubt you'll need them because youre replacing the arm anyway)
2.Cut off wheel (I needed it because I couldn't get the driver side ball joint to stop spinning, so we cut off the joint)
3.PB Blaster
STEP ONE:Remove the 13m nut connecting the balljoint to the knuckle
STEP TWO: Remove both 18mm bolts holding the upper control arm in (has stopper on other end so you wont need grippers to keep from spinning
STEP THREE: Reinstall both 18mm bolts to BTF arms (Comes with 2 washers to create tight fit DO NOT USE HAMMER TO PUNCH IN)
STEP FOUR: It's a uniball rather than joint so insert both pins into ball and tighten 13mm nut back to the knuckle.
STEP FIVE: They are adjustable, so you will have to play with the camber to get them where you like, and get an alignment.
I understand I suck at explaining things, so if there is additional information that i missed please chime in. Thanks!