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cycleboy · 03-22-2015, 02:03 PM

I just finished w this. The front wasn't bad but the rear was a pain in the ass!

I was swapping out LCA's also. The hard part was getting the struts/springs to compress enough to get the bolts back through the LCA. Driver's side was especially hard. About 1.5 hr for the front and 5 hr for the rear!!!

I don't have a good way to torque the top nuts without spinning shafts. I marked one with a sharpie and tried it and it had rotated a quarter turn and I wasn't at 41lb yet. Not sure how to finish it???

03-22-2015, 02:03 PM	#77
cycleboy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S - Argento Location: 805 Posts: 504 Thanks: 8 Thanked 217 Times in 143 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s)	I just finished w this. The front wasn't bad but the rear was a pain in the ass! I was swapping out LCA's also. The hard part was getting the struts/springs to compress enough to get the bolts back through the LCA. Driver's side was especially hard. About 1.5 hr for the front and 5 hr for the rear!!! I don't have a good way to torque the top nuts without spinning shafts. I marked one with a sharpie and tried it and it had rotated a quarter turn and I wasn't at 41lb yet. Not sure how to finish it???