Ok I am not going to be able to remove the Lower ball joints. I have tried for a hour and have no luck. Guess I am going to be sending them off!

 

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you removed the snap ring, soaked them pb blaster and followed up with a bfh?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eda6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ball joints 1
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you removed the snap ring, soaked them pb blaster and followed up with a bfh?

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Haha...hey eda!
I havent given up yet!!!

 

oh haHAHAH mah bad
im lookin for those or ls mesh.
ls mesh looks cleaner

 

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im lookin for those or ls mesh.
ls mesh looks cleaner </TD></TR></TABLE>
haha..its aight. I am a big fan of the Hx myself...they are pretty hard to find in my area though.

 

yeah where you located?

 

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The big state of Kentucky!!!

 

Well guys I got the ball joints out! Wasnt hard to do actually. Just used a big hammer and knocked em out. The new ones were pretty easy to knock in too! I have the passenger side done. Replaced the outer tie rod end, axle, upper control arm and lower ball joint. Cleaned everything up and I am now puting it all back together. Later this week will be the driver side

 

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!!

Have I ever been slacking on this car. Kinda feel bad for the thing. Anyways, today I woke up and just felt like messing with it. Soooo acouple hours later I ended up with this!









Replaced the axles and upper/lower ball joints, controll arms..etc etc..


Come on guys let me know what you think...keep me motivated to finish this thing!


Modified by harmonator84 at 7:15 PM 5/18/2008

 

paint that left front fender

 

Lookin pretty good man. Keep the progress going!

 

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Haha..thanks! No I have a front fender that is painted the same color but it has a small dent. This one just needs refinished. Which is on my list of things to do.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Creator &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Lookin pretty good man. Keep the progress going! </TD></TR></TABLE>Thanks man...im trying to keep busy on it.

 

Having a problem with my driver side seat. I cannot get it to tighten up. If you lean againts the backrest it just falls down. I tried tightening the bolts on the side but it doesnt seem to help..has anyone else had this problem?

 

Just think of it as a in car ab-master, you should have a bitching sixpack in no time. Lol
Car looks good.

 

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Car looks good.
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Haha...naa i am trying to aviod that. I really dont want to buy another seat. I am just getting fed up with it...it has me stumped.

 

Sounds like it is something with the reclining mechanism. Take the cover off of that and inspect it. T's about all the info I can think of to give.

 

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Yea I have taken everything apart. It seems to be the opposite side that is getting loose. The reclining mechanism is staying still... The only thing that is on the other side is a little black plastic piece that sits inbetween the metal to let it swivel. Mine is alittle bent in from over tightening. Thats the ONLY thing I can think of. I am going to work on it somemore today. I have acouple extra seats laying around and I should be able to find another piece to use.

 

Getting really fed up with it. I replaced the rubber piece with on out of another seat..and it still does it!...is there something I am missing here!!!

 

Fixed the driver side seat. Drove the car around alittle...it didnt do to bad with the new axles and ball joints. Still rides alittle ruff though...thinking that my next installment to the car will be some new suspension setup!

Anybody have any recommendations? I am thinking about going with skunk2 full setup.

Still pretty pleased with the car. I found a drag strip not to far from the house so I wil be posting up my times soon!!!

 

Car is getting ready to be insured!!! I will try to hit the drag strip when i get back from vacation to see what kind of numbers I get.

 

Hey Harm I see you are using my driver side fender.
lol louisville representing out in the sticks.

haha

seriously you got that crx lookin good man.

 

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lol louisville representing out in the sticks.

haha

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Yea I primered the fender then shot a blue guide coat on it to hold me off till I get to paint...looks better now.

 

I have done acouple other things to the car since I last posted...
Done a compression test, 120 all the way across. I dont know if thats low for a b18 or not. Primered the front fender, replaced the driver side seat, full car alignment, and also put the stock suspension back on. Thats all I can recall as of now..I have pictures of everything just to lazy to post..ha

 

Today I bought New adjustable cam gears and underdrive pulleys for the car. Hoping to install them this weekend!

 

When you did the compression test did you have the throttle body open? That actually sounds low, but I think the most important thing is that they are equal.
Did you ever make it to the track?