Trouble installing Treehouse Racing CABs

[achtunge30]

Tried to install them this past weekend...problem is, on the driver side, I previously had to drill out one of the bolts on the lollipop to frame and have a stud welded in its place and a nut to secure that one particular location.

I am trying to replace my CABs without removing the whole control arm off the car. Mounting the new lollipop was very difficult as no matter how I positioned the whole wheel/axle, I couldnt get the lollipop onto the stud. Are there any tricks to free up more movement in the axle/control arm in order to position the lollipop to the frame where the bolts go in?

Replacing with the worn out bushing just to continue driving the car was a snap btw, since the rubber had lots of play/flex with the whole axle.

[jlevie]

If you look at the geometry of the control arm it is pretty obvious that to get more motion on the bushing end you are going to have to drop the arm. It you have the right ball joint puller thats a 10-15 minute job.

[einstein57]

just remove the ball joint. its quick and painless. just don't destroy the rubber booty with the pickle fork.

[AndrewBird]

just remove the ball joint. its quick and painless. just don't destroy the rubber booty with the pickle fork.

A pickle fork, used correctly, won't damage the boot.

[Massive Lee]

Or remove the bolt on the balljoint and hit a few times the knuckle with a sledge hammer. The balljoint will fall by itself.