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Blazing sun, hot as hell, I managed to replace the struts and rear shocks on the Edge yesterday. Whew! We tied the record temperature at the airport (which sits by the Inlet from the Pacific), but it was 11° hotter by the mountains where I am. I had to turn on the sprinklers for the dogs to run thru.
On the Edge, you have to remove 17 bolts/screws and 4 different pieces just to access the top of the struts. It's not hard, just a bit time-consuming at first. Took me about 15 minutes to find everything that needed to be removed for access. It took just 4/5 minutes to reassemble the parts.
Those struts are just like the ones on the S197 Mustangs. A bit of a pain in the butt to get into the 4 holes, but once you get them into position, you still need a second set of hands to put on a couple of nuts to hold them in. The rears are simple to do. You have to remove the rear interior panels, but everything on this car is snap together. You would think they would rattle more, but surprisingly they don't. The only screws I've had to remove were for the heater blower motor. 3 screws. Everything else snaped in,
I did find that the left strut was OEM factory. The right side had a Monroe replacement. I found the left and right top bearings bad. This is why when you turned the wheels to the left, it would make a popping noise. That's all gone and the ride now is like new. My son said it rode and drove better on the road It didn't follow the road crowns as it did before.
I'll call this a win this time. LOL
On the Edge, you have to remove 17 bolts/screws and 4 different pieces just to access the top of the struts. It's not hard, just a bit time-consuming at first. Took me about 15 minutes to find everything that needed to be removed for access. It took just 4/5 minutes to reassemble the parts.
Those struts are just like the ones on the S197 Mustangs. A bit of a pain in the butt to get into the 4 holes, but once you get them into position, you still need a second set of hands to put on a couple of nuts to hold them in. The rears are simple to do. You have to remove the rear interior panels, but everything on this car is snap together. You would think they would rattle more, but surprisingly they don't. The only screws I've had to remove were for the heater blower motor. 3 screws. Everything else snaped in,
I did find that the left strut was OEM factory. The right side had a Monroe replacement. I found the left and right top bearings bad. This is why when you turned the wheels to the left, it would make a popping noise. That's all gone and the ride now is like new. My son said it rode and drove better on the road It didn't follow the road crowns as it did before.
I'll call this a win this time. LOL
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From: Alaska
About 90% of the state is currently under hot conditions. Fairbanks area is dry as hell and they were still buried in snow in May. Thunderstorms this evening they showed on my weather app. Fire index is Extreme.
77° at the airport is hot here, and it's barely June. It was 88° at my place yesterday. I couldn't get into the Mustang as it was too hot to touch. I put a temp gun on the paint and it was 187°. The Interior was so hot, that it melted the glue on my added door trim piping. It was easy to fully remove and take the glue off at the same time at least. One of the chrome-added ***** for the heater was laying on the console. Its glue just got so hot, that it released itself. This might be a hot SOB this year for us.
77° at the airport is hot here, and it's barely June. It was 88° at my place yesterday. I couldn't get into the Mustang as it was too hot to touch. I put a temp gun on the paint and it was 187°. The Interior was so hot, that it melted the glue on my added door trim piping. It was easy to fully remove and take the glue off at the same time at least. One of the chrome-added ***** for the heater was laying on the console. Its glue just got so hot, that it released itself. This might be a hot SOB this year for us.
