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Duramax front end. Someome shoot me.!!
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<blockquote data-quote="grcthird" data-source="post: 481302" data-attributes="member: 1181"><p>First question, why do you need to rebuild the entire front end? Does anything have slack in it or wearing the tires unevenly? Do you have that stupid knocking in the steering wheel from the steering intermediate shaft? That's a lot of time, effort, energy, money, ect to replace stuff that may be just fine. </p><p></p><p>Get a good pitman arm puller, like one from Mac tools that goes halfway around the arm and pulls it off. The cheap 2 arm pullers are an accident waiting to happen and don't pull anything off. Actually nevermind if you are replacing and not reusing it, just cut it off. Get a good ball joint press kit and make sure the grease fittings are pointing where you can access them later before you press them in. Harbor freight has good axle nut sockets that are stupid cheap. You may be able to rent all this from the parts store, but don't be surprised if it tears up on you halfway through the job. Put the wife in the truck to mash the brakes while you use a breaker bar to loosen the axle nut if your impact won't take it off.</p><p></p><p>Let the shop that does your alignment put the tie rods on, unless you live down the street from them. I've seen tape measure alignments destroy a set of perfectly good tires just so somebody could save $50. :<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And yes you need a good alignment, don't believe all the "I did it in the driveway with a tape measure so it has to be good" BS floating around. </p><p></p><p>Use moog or good aftermarket parts, the house brand napa **** is garbage. Sometimes I think napa has turned into the old autozone with their cheap crappy parts, but that's another thread. Rock auto is usually the cheapest on the same parts that stores have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grcthird, post: 481302, member: 1181"] First question, why do you need to rebuild the entire front end? Does anything have slack in it or wearing the tires unevenly? Do you have that stupid knocking in the steering wheel from the steering intermediate shaft? That's a lot of time, effort, energy, money, ect to replace stuff that may be just fine. Get a good pitman arm puller, like one from Mac tools that goes halfway around the arm and pulls it off. The cheap 2 arm pullers are an accident waiting to happen and don't pull anything off. Actually nevermind if you are replacing and not reusing it, just cut it off. Get a good ball joint press kit and make sure the grease fittings are pointing where you can access them later before you press them in. Harbor freight has good axle nut sockets that are stupid cheap. You may be able to rent all this from the parts store, but don't be surprised if it tears up on you halfway through the job. Put the wife in the truck to mash the brakes while you use a breaker bar to loosen the axle nut if your impact won't take it off. Let the shop that does your alignment put the tie rods on, unless you live down the street from them. I've seen tape measure alignments destroy a set of perfectly good tires just so somebody could save $50. ::) And yes you need a good alignment, don't believe all the "I did it in the driveway with a tape measure so it has to be good" BS floating around. Use moog or good aftermarket parts, the house brand napa **** is garbage. Sometimes I think napa has turned into the old autozone with their cheap crappy parts, but that's another thread. Rock auto is usually the cheapest on the same parts that stores have. [/QUOTE]
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