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| Posted: Wed Apr 22nd, 2020 09:32 pm |
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VelociRanger I’ll probably do it tomorrow  Joined: Mon Jun 25th, 2018
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Last update: I got the alignment, got everything installed, aaaaaand the rattle came back. It would progressively get worse as time went on, so wheel bearing was out because I didn't think it would deteriorate that quickly, and so I checked to make sure the shock was in all the way and it was. Then I check all the bolts on the balljoints and tie rod end, and they were tight and hadn't moved, and today while I was dropping off some stone at my coworkers house I happened to look at the suspension and notice the nut on the sway bar bushing on the control arm was back off about half an inch. Of course I noticed it the one day I don't have my tools on me. Anyways, I decided that I would drive it home and on the way stop to get some thread locker (the blue kind) and so I did. When I got underneath I noticed that the rubber bushing between the nut and the bottom of the control arm had deteriorated so bad that it had fallen out, so I grabbed the extra rubber bushing from the old shocks and put that on there for now, and the rattle is gone. Yay! Lol. Thanks for all the help everyone. 
____________________ knowing when to quit is wisdom, being able to quit is courage. 1983 Ranger, reluctantly taking apart. Donor/project vehicle. 1997 Ranger Ex Cab Manual 4.0 2wd, dead on arrival. Hopefully reviving for a daily driver. 1984 Ranger, currently in ≈861 pieces. She’s donating what’s salvageable. |
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