I've broken Break Bars doing similar jobs! it's a really sickening
feeling when something pops and you see the breaker bar is missing it's
end!
BTW, Ford always likes to advertise how strong the I Beam front
suspension is on their F Series trucks! Sounds like they are put
together to stay together... ;-)
Larry
On 7/24/2014 5:05 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
Yes, if it all goes well, no problem to do it quickly.
BUT when working with old parts that have been under there for a while
and have suffered the abuse that comes with the job, they can
sometimes be difficult to take apart.
I suppose the shops use big impact guns and heat etc but I don't have
a rattle gun that will do that sort of thing and am reluctant to use a
lot of heat in some areas.
I remember popping a ball joint out of the lower control arm on a 1998
Ford F150.
I had all of thebig C clamp type press parts assembled on the vehicle
and my longest breaker bar on it and was pulling for all I was worth
with no success. I looked around my garage and found a 4 foot length
of pipe and slipped that on the end and still pulled for all I was
worth until it popped. I wondered if the breaker bar was going to give
up but it did not.
Putting the new one back in was no problem.
Randy
On 24/07/2014 2:58 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote:
OK, I guess one hour would be a fair time, if you had all the proper
special MB tools and presses and access to whatever saw or torch or
hydraulic press you might need, and all were set-up and ready to go,
just
carry the LCA and parts over and go to town. Sounds like a great shop,
letting you bring your own parts and that labor rate is really low.
Let us know how it turns out!
-Max
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