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Old May 23, 2015 | 09:52 PM
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Another point to this is you will for sure want an air compressor and impact driver, trying to press the ball joints by hand will be grueling if you can even do it. I couldn't and bought an air compressor w/accessories. I changed the following on both sides when I did mine:
Upper/Lower ball joints
Inner/Outer wheel bearings
Shocks (front and back)
Springs
Rotor/hub assembly
Pads
I also changed out a spindle because of a stripped bolt

It took me roughly 8 hours to do all of that, over 2 hours were spent trying to get a ratchet unstuck that I had a brainfart with, running to the store for cutting wheels to cut part of the old ball joint to get it out. So basically all of the above was a 6 hour job. First time for most of it, it'll be easier with a second set of hands, also with a second person you probably won't need a spring compressor as even going with the 824 to lift the truck to level a lot of people have been able to do it with one person putting weight on spindle, the other inserting the spring. I did it alone so I needed the compressor.

Only suggestion is to do everything suspension/steering related at the same time so you only need to align it one time.
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