<VV> Front rebuild: Pull crossmember or not?

[Roger Gault]

David,
My experience is with doing it in the car, so I can't speak to doing it out.

However, removal of the ball joints is deeply involved with huge amounts of
banging, whanging, cussing, and gasping for breath.  It's a form of violent
crime.  If any of my church members had been around the last time I did a
set, they'd have jerked my deacon ordination for sure.

I can't imagine doing it without the mass of the car to stabilize things.
(The mechanical things.  Nothing could stabilize ME while doing this.)

Roger Gault


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Macdonald David" <dmacd_us at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: <VV> Front rebuild: Pull crossmember or not?


> I'm planning on putting new ball joints (upper and
> lower) and new bushings (upper and lower) on my late
> model.
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> Looking at the project it seemed to me that I may be
> better off pulling out the whole crossmember, doing
> the work and then reinstalling it.
>
> I'd like some input on the best approach. Is pulling
> the crossmember a good idea?
>
> Thanks
>
> David
> '65 Canadian Corsa 140
> Acton, MA
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