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Front
Suspension Arms Replacement
Ok, I had previously fitted new ARB bushes, but a drive along the
road afterwards revealed something wasnt right, a bad knocking sound
and also the car wanted to change lanes on accel/slow down, before
fitting the bushes I had checked all wheels for any play and this
was with the car jacked up, no play was found, so I took it to my
mates garage who has an MOT type ramp where I could push pull
various suspension parts using a lever to find any play while the
car was sat on its wheels, and sure enough the bottom ball joints
were as loose as a very loose thing, play up down left and right,
forward and back.
Needless to say, new arms were ordered and here they are [or one of
them]
Undo the ARB bush bracket, the bush can stay on the ARB
Now, working on drivers side first I undid the inner arm bolt,
followed by the rear of the arm bolts, you can use apry bar to pull
the mounting bracket away for car body in order to get it off
Undo the nut securing the outer ball joint, it helps to add some
oil/fluid and give thread a rub with wire brush, you might need to
use some force to break the joint apart, although not pictured i
undid the nut until it got near the top of the thread, then inserted
a piece of metal between the nut and driveshaft outer, carry on
undoing and it will pop free.
With the arm now off, you need to swap over to the new arm the outer
ARB bracket [899 models dont have this]
Now offer the new arm up the car, try to get the inner bolt in
first, then follow with the rear bolts, you may need a large
screwdriver and the pry bar to get it lined up
Once these bolts are done up, push the arm up to the hub and push
the thread into the bottom of the hub and do up the nut, I found
using a scissor jack to apply upwards lift pressed the joint into
the arm enough for it to grip enabling the nut to be tightened
The press on the ARB top bracket and tighten it back up
Arm all fitted, make sure all bolts are tight [refer to manual for
torques]
Now start the other side!!
Car might need its tracking adjusted afterwards, when I drove down
the street it felt ok [and clunk/play free!]
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