Well,..... The bolts came off without too much effort. Yes I'm sure folks were dying to know this. LOL Point is, it's possible to remove the calipers with knuckle removed from the vehicle. Thankfully, the bearing race (journals?) show only minor wear, if that; a little corrosion "staining" at each inboard journal, some wear at an outer bearing journal. If needed, I'm sure a punch mark or two might suffice to keep a bearing race from turning. Heck. Even the large Phillips head screws at each splash guard came off easily. Sadly, a caliper bleed screw is sheared off and won't come out. I was planning to rebuild these caliper so myself but will leave that to the pros. I may install power steering if I do this swap. That'll be interesting. ;) Neil
On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote
> With the lower ball joint end of the steering knuckle mounted securely > in a large vice, |
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