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Old 08-31-2018, 01:10 PM
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Lol. I wedged a metal bar between the wheel studs to keep the axle from spinning as I torqued on it but it started bending the metal bar haha. I ran out of ideas so I had to go get the impact gun.

But damn...why do they torque those nuts so hard?
Because when an axle comes loose really bad things happen. And they take the torque of the wheel spinning.
 
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Old 08-31-2018, 01:55 PM
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Because when an axle comes loose really bad things happen. And they take the torque of the wheel spinning.
Well they dont really take any torque.....thats the job of the splines on the axle shaft. Technically, u should be able to drive around with a missing axle nut and everything should stay in place.


 
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One of my favorite tools I have is my ingersoll rand impact gun <3
 
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Old 08-31-2018, 02:05 PM
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One of my favorite tools I have is my ingersoll rand impact gun <3
Cuddle with it...let it know how much u love it.
 
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Old 11-14-2018, 05:59 AM
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Finally had some time to take the front apart and press in my new bushings.




 
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I highly recommend buying new comp rods and putting the energy bushings in those. Good luck.
 
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Old 11-14-2018, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Urbanengineer
I highly recommend buying new comp rods and putting the energy bushings in those. Good luck.
Everything is already back on the car. Why do u recommend getting new compression rods though?
 
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Old 11-14-2018, 10:27 PM
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The only problem is you'll have to pay for pressing the comp rod bushings twice when your comp rod ball joints fail, which they will first now that everything around them is new! Any reason going with the rubber bushings as opposed to poly?
 
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Old 11-14-2018, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by cswlightning
The only problem is you'll have to pay for pressing the comp rod bushings twice when your comp rod ball joints fail, which they will first now that everything around them is new! Any reason going with the rubber bushings as opposed to poly?
I actually got a 20 ton press so Im doing all the pressing myself now. I didnt really think too much about poly bushings. I figured these rubber ones should last me at least 5 years.
 
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Old 11-14-2018, 10:58 PM
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Oh perfect, well just know that any impossible to find clunking is 99% your comp rod balljoints.
 
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Old 11-15-2018, 01:54 AM
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Oh perfect, well just know that any impossible to find clunking is 99% your comp rod balljoints.
Cool. Thanks for the tip. No weird noises at the moment....but I'll keep that in mind!
 
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Few more updates to the car. I got a new bumper and wheels a few months back. Finally took the time today to clean the wheels and take a few pics. Bumper is a poly Kuruma Z Arch style. I made the mesh screen myself and installed it 2 days ago.





 
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Old 01-25-2019, 07:54 PM
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Wheels are Curva Concepts C300, 19x9 all around....powdercoated in hyper silver. Still need to adjust my camber and install some spacers.





 
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Nice
I still havent bought my grills for my kuruma bumper ($150lol)
the ones you made dont look at as bad
 
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Happy with the way the bumper fit?
 
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