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Re: Sparky's 1978 Silverado Build "Addiction"
Happy NFC-AFC Championship Day!
Today I decided to go ahead and change the upper control arm mounting studs, the other ones were questionable (see post #154). The job wasn't to difficult, though I had visions of being unable remove the studs and messing them all up!! I cut off the studs about a 1/4" from the washer and tried to use an air hammer to push the stud out....didn't work; a BFH did work! I then used the air hammer to push the studs out. While I had the front end apart, I reinstalled the airbags and also installed the new shocks.
Pictures:
1. Cut off studs
2. New studs in place
3. Used two large nuts as spacers, then slowly tightened the fitted nut, pressing in the new stud place
4. All put back together
5. Todays mess
Thanks Mike
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