Ford crown victoria/mercury grand marquis front end refresh

[Xulfiqar]

@Xulfiqar
nice DIY.
btw what is that sprayer type thingy in your last pic??

its a grease gun

[Xulfiqar]

in pk we get this job done for 1500rs labor (replacement of steering rack, ends, axles, ball joint, cv joints, breaks, chimta(dont know its actual name :P)

hmm - on a civic corolla, accord etc etc - its a piece of cake. On this car - that ball joint nut is 24mm and torques to 100 lb/ft same for the uppers. Over here in US this job labor is about USD 400/-

And nothing beats doing it yourself because you know its done correct,

[cooldevil]

yeah no doubt sir! job done by ur self is of satisfaction and respect!

[Khurram26]

Okay speaking of front ends....
i have a corolla Axio which has done around 95000 km. When i bought it around two years back, it had done around 40k. Even then when i drove it, i noticed a very very faint "dug dug" sound from the front end while driving over plain roads when the car moved up and down due to changing road level. I am not talking about pot holes or bumps, over which it drives without any noise from the front end.

This sound that im talking about is a very faint one, feels like its coming from the steering column, but the steering has no play whatsoever. It is firm, does not move freely even a millimeter, produces no sound when moved rapidly from left to right.

Over time, this sound has slightly increased but it is still hardly noticeable. But since i have this in my mind, i can hear it.

I have physically inspected the anti roll bar bushings, ball joints, steering link rod, its joints, the lower control arm bushings, and everything apparently looks fine, no grease leakages and no extra movement when pried.

Since there are so many parts in the suspension that could go wrong, i cant possibly change each and every one to see if thats the culprit. So my question is: what is most likely to cause a sound like that from the front end? Steering box? Steering u joint? Antiroll bar? Lower control arm? Shock absorber? Ball joint?! What can it be?

[Xulfiqar]

a faint heavy dull sound like that is also from worn out strut mounts.

[epigenius]

whenever there is something wrong relating to the suspension of cars I have this weired feeling that it wont be as good as it used to be so i opt for precautionary maintainance rather then getting it fixed by the time it actually gives up but no matter what car you have its gonna cost you, I have a mehran and i went to suzuki 3s for an estimate I told the guy to give me an estimate of suspension overhaul he said i would add all the parts and labour and if some part is in a good condition we wont replace it so the actuall amount would be less then the estimate and would you beleive the total estimate was PKR 35000

[cruzee]

Front lower control arms & coil over shocks are identical with chevy caprice, but no match of GM V8, these power plants are always outperformer then Ford V8.

[Xulfiqar]

yeah the Ford 4.6 is not all that. the small block chevys are king

e.g. in drags only engines work good

1 dodge hemi
2 chevy 350

but all of those cars have a Ford differential.

btw these are not coil over shocks - the shock is a separate item bolted to the lower arm and frame. The spring is trapped by the lower arm against the frame too.

[Xulfiqar]

whenever there is something wrong relating to the suspension of cars I have this weired feeling that it wont be as good as it used to be so i opt for precautionary maintainance rather then getting it fixed by the time it actually gives up but no matter what car you have its gonna cost you, I have a mehran and i went to suzuki 3s for an estimate I told the guy to give me an estimate of suspension overhaul he said i would add all the parts and labour and if some part is in a good condition we wont replace it so the actuall amount would be less then the estimate and would you beleive the total estimate was PKR 35000

only replace items that are bad. The shops selling "suspension work" are not always the best in terms of honesty. The best way is to look for worn parts and replace as necessary.

[SER_GTR]

Muscles Tensing ANd Pumping JOB...

Must Have A Good Legs And Arms Workout Out Of It

[cruzee]

yeah the Ford 4.6 is not all that. the small block chevys are king

e.g. in drags only engines work good

1 dodge hemi
2 chevy 350

but all of those cars have a Ford differential.

btw these are not coil over shocks - the shock is a separate item bolted to the lower arm and frame. The spring is trapped by the lower arm against the frame too.

Yes, ford 9" inch are famous.

Not coil over i mean, yes shock is separate same like caprice, installed Mark1 and hilux shocks in my chevy :S.

[Xulfiqar]

Muscles Tensing ANd Pumping JOB...

Must Have A Good Legs And Arms Workout Out Of It

You bet - swinging a 6lb hammer, a 3 lb hammer and working with a bunch of assorted pullers, reefing on a 36 inch breaker bar on the ball joint press is hard work. My leather and rubber work gloves are shot, They are soaking as we speak.

Good thing that I can do that with my Shrek like built.

[Teeboyuk]

It's all hard work. It's just a matter of making it look easy.

[Xulfiqar]

You can make 4 mehran front ends just by recycling the front parts of this car.

[SER_GTR]

you can make 4 mehran front ends just by recycling the front parts of this car.

lol....

[capsat]

was "mercedes" around during this activity ??

[Xulfiqar]

was "mercedes" around during this activity ??

she was inside the house playing with mommy.

[cruzee]

she was inside the house playing with mommy.

Plz post your own cars pics too!

And also plz chk PM for my message.

[overspeed111]

few days back i opened whole steering assembly, steering column of my charade g11 even that simple thing made me cry at times, mainly coz of alterations for other engine, tiny spaces to access bolts, and this thing is like a giant compared to g11 really hard work man. do you work alone? or u have some helpers at workshop?

[hamza91]

few days back i opened whole steering assembly, steering column of my charade g11 even that simple thing made me cry at times, mainly coz of alterations for other engine, tiny spaces to access bolts, and this thing is like a giant compared to g11 really hard work man. do you work alone? or u have some helpers at workshop?

I say only one side.of this baby is.more than the whole g11 suspension

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