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Old 04-18-2018, 12:51 PM   #38
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Re: Stupid Dumb.

When I first bought a front cross member from a 77 pickup it was sitting in the bed of my 62. I decided I would take it apart in the bed of my truck instead of trying to lift the hole thing. After I removed the lower ball joint from the spindle I heard a loud boom and then I removed the other side and heard a loud boom. It was only later that I realized that because of the coil springs were still under pressure that the noise was the control arm smacking the bed of my ruck. I had no idea how easily I could have broken my leg or made a huge dent in the side of my bed.
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