Posted by Steve S on January 02, 1999 at 23:39:19:
Well I decided, as TL suggested, to leave the bushings for the Strut Bars as they are. I continued on and realized I couldn't get the spindle off the Upper Control Arm. Ok. Decided to get as far as I could and take that in to Pep Boys tomorrow and see if they could get it off. With the help of chisel and cutting disk I managed to get the Upper Control Arm off the old Ball Joint. When I tried to install the new Ball Joint I realized they had sent me the wrong one. Sigh. Why can't ANY car repair I try be simple, straight forward and completed in one day. :-)
Have any of you had problems with PST sending you the wrong parts? The rest of the parts, save one bag with 2 bushings and 2 tubes which I've still not found a use for, appears to be correct. The ball joint they sent me has 4 bolt holes, in a rectangular formation, 2 on each side. The Upper Control Arm has 3 holes in a triangular formation.
At this point I think I'm just looking for sympathy. :-)
Steve
PS. I finally got the Heater Core fixed. (knock on wood) :-)