Back ordered parts start to arrive – 3 Hours

Yesterday the first of 5 boxes of back ordered parts started to arrive which meant a weekend off from drilling and fitting panels.

Was able to fully assemble front shocks and complete the upper control arm. The forum had many threads discussing problems associated with the ball joint threading into the UCA and it was with some trepidation that I screwed in the first by hand to be pleasantly surprised to find they seated all the way with only hand pressure.

The dust cover was a different matter, eventually I found the easiest way to install was to smear a bead of silicone grease around the inner edge of the dust cover, seat by hand about half of the cover and then tap the flange with a plastic dead blow hammer, popped into place without a problem.

Green wicking threadlocker was used once the ball joint torque was set at 90 ft/lb’s. With grease nipple fitted the UCA were bolted to the frame (torque 100 ft/lb’s), and the shock was also mounted (torque 70 ft/lb’s). All bolts were marked with torque lock.