Samskyline
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Can anyone point me to a guide or give me a few tips or tricks on how to get to the rear bolts on either side of the upper control arms? I have already removed the air box for the passenger side, and the battery and battery tray for the driver side. That made removing the front control arm bolts pretty easy. But the rear control arm bolts are nigh impossible to get to and I think a lot of that difficulty is because of the diesel engine dropped in here. Thank you, engineers! I have seen the guide on another forum of a 05 CRD owner replacing his arms, but once he gets to the 2 rear bolts, he does not explain what he did to get to them.
In the 1st picture you can see the tiny metal hose which basically blocks me from putting a wrench with an extension down there to reach under the shock tower.
The 2nd shows the mess around the bolt and lack of visibility.
The 3rd is just the path under the tower I should be able to take if it was a gas motor.
The 4th picture shows the same as the 3rd, but on the driver side. It is an even bigger mess of tubes, pipes, and the steering column is in the way.
And the 5th and my least favorite of all shows the 2 metal pipes sitting directly in front of the nut I need to put a socket around.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, so PLEASE if you have done this before on your CRD let me know what you did to get to these nuts/bolts or what you did to make your life easier trying to do so.
Thank you!
P.S. mechanics want to charge me $1200 for the job. I have the tools and parts, but still trying to improve my skill.
In the 1st picture you can see the tiny metal hose which basically blocks me from putting a wrench with an extension down there to reach under the shock tower.
The 2nd shows the mess around the bolt and lack of visibility.
The 3rd is just the path under the tower I should be able to take if it was a gas motor.
The 4th picture shows the same as the 3rd, but on the driver side. It is an even bigger mess of tubes, pipes, and the steering column is in the way.
And the 5th and my least favorite of all shows the 2 metal pipes sitting directly in front of the nut I need to put a socket around.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, so PLEASE if you have done this before on your CRD let me know what you did to get to these nuts/bolts or what you did to make your life easier trying to do so.
Thank you!
P.S. mechanics want to charge me $1200 for the job. I have the tools and parts, but still trying to improve my skill.
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