Hello All,
I did a search, and could not find a step by step procedure.
I think that it will also be very similiar for earlier models, but please check yours.
Firstly, I would like to thank the many various threads and posts by BB members that I used to study from.
Also, I would like to thank papajam, a Mentor in every sense of the word, who always takes my calls and walked me through this change.
Next, while I did take a lot of pictures during the change, there were a few steps that I did miss or thought of a better way of doing the step later. So if you see the same picture, once to take bolts out and later the same picture to put the bolts back in, you are seeing the same picture, but the step is correct.
Some tools that I did not have, that you may or may not have but will need for this project:
(2) - 24mm sockets, one MUST be deep set
(2) - 22mm sockets (deep set not necessary)
If you are planning this project in the future, I would start spraying the front and rear trailing arm bushings with Liquid Wrench or PB Blaster or your choice of chemicals to help loosen the rust that is surely there.
I did not change the trunion to body bushings as many have said that they rarely need changing, and they really look like a PIA to do, so I took their advice. I inspected the trunion to body washers and mine were present and looked in good shape so I didn't need to replace, but if yours are missing or broken, you should replace (an easy thing to do).
If I have missed something, please let me know and I will correct it.
I am not a mechanic, but like most of us that have Alfa's, am learning and hopefully, this will help someone take the job on.
Let's start!
Vin
I did a search, and could not find a step by step procedure.
I think that it will also be very similiar for earlier models, but please check yours.
Firstly, I would like to thank the many various threads and posts by BB members that I used to study from.
Also, I would like to thank papajam, a Mentor in every sense of the word, who always takes my calls and walked me through this change.
Next, while I did take a lot of pictures during the change, there were a few steps that I did miss or thought of a better way of doing the step later. So if you see the same picture, once to take bolts out and later the same picture to put the bolts back in, you are seeing the same picture, but the step is correct.
Some tools that I did not have, that you may or may not have but will need for this project:
(2) - 24mm sockets, one MUST be deep set
(2) - 22mm sockets (deep set not necessary)
If you are planning this project in the future, I would start spraying the front and rear trailing arm bushings with Liquid Wrench or PB Blaster or your choice of chemicals to help loosen the rust that is surely there.
I did not change the trunion to body bushings as many have said that they rarely need changing, and they really look like a PIA to do, so I took their advice. I inspected the trunion to body washers and mine were present and looked in good shape so I didn't need to replace, but if yours are missing or broken, you should replace (an easy thing to do).
If I have missed something, please let me know and I will correct it.
I am not a mechanic, but like most of us that have Alfa's, am learning and hopefully, this will help someone take the job on.
Let's start!
Vin