GearheadGrrrl
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- Jan 23, 2016
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- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- Automatic
Doing some rehab work on my Ranger, Only 92k miles on it and the cab is pretty rust free so I've got the cab and box off so I can go through everything mechanical and repaint the frame so it'll be good for a few more decades. The ball joints aren't worn but the rubber covers are shot so I figure may as well replace them. Got the upper control arms off OK but now it's gotten complicated- I don't have any need to mess with the torsion bars but both Chilton and Haynes agree they need to come out to get the lower control arms out. Chilton says I need a 2 arm puller to take the torque off the torsion bar and Haynes says don't even think about trying it. That leaves me to wondering- The ball joints are held in by a circlip as well as rust, maybe I can replace them with the lower control arms still on the truck? Any suggestions?