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front wheel bearing replacement...sandblasted and painted ...backing plates were in good shape for a 28yr old
 
Since you are there, take a GOOD look at your struts, especially where the mount for the strut mounts to the spindle. My struts looked "OK" but were rusty there and they almost rusted into 2 before I could get them replaced. It was very dangerous, so just take a look and make sure they are in good shape too since it is a OLD car!
 
actually just found the originals and they are still in good condition ...would have been easier to put them in before but somebody (ME) didn't put them in the labeled bucket so many yrs ago LOL..i have no idea why i removed them in the first place:idontknow:
 
cleaned, inspected and blasted and painted the stock front calipers..got a rebuild kit from rock auto..had to order the bellows for the guide separately...and ordered 2 not realizing there were 4 in a pack :ohdamn: ...used the tech section "suspension and brakes...1G how to rebuild front callipers in this forum ...calan goes into good detail on how it's done ...thanks !!
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used this piston depressor (and an aluminium bar) i had to make the job of pushing past the seal easier ...just make sure u center everything so the piston goes in evenly :)..oh and lubricate with brake fluid of course:thumb:) i found it was easier to put the retaining ring for the bellows if i didn't put the piston all the way in (had to do it the hard way on the first one of course !)
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now on to the rack and pinion ...once again i followed a thread in the tech article section "how to remove and rebuild the rack and pinion" by housegsx way back in 2006 ...these archived articles are a treasure trove for guys like me ...Thanks !! ...so cool how this retaining pin spins out ...i modded a grinder wrench to fit the holes ...but a pair of pointed nose pliers will work
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after i warmed up these seals with a hair dryer (was a couple of degrees above freezing in the garage) this needle tool helped get them on undamaged ..gotta put the first one in deepest so ur not trying to install over each other ..the old ones were brittle ..no way to remove them without destroying them..but the new ones were more pliable
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all done and painted with new boots ...I skipped a lot of steps ..the tech article already does a good job on it ...just went over the the stuff i was fuzzy on
 

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Got to put together the front struts..got to thank the invaluable archived info here again in the how to's tech section ...boosted beaver has a video for doing this on 1gs ...thanks ! ..as u see this pro kit finally came in the mail ....about 10 ys ago LOL:D ...the struts were bought at the same time ...just stock replacements nothing fancy ..the rest of the parts i just bought from rock auto ..another great resource for parts
 
here you can see spring compressor i built back in the 90s to do the springs on my '88 f150 ...wrapped the jaws in electrical tape as so not to scratch the springs ...i would recommend buying or renting a quality compressor with the safety locks ...these worked for me but there is a better way !..as you can see the boots i received have a split which goes to the bottom of the strut...and the bumper should be cut if you are installing lowering springs ...my spring kit specified 20 mm ...or 3/4 inch ...which is what this kit lowers
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my power steering pump rebuild kit came in from rock auto ..Gates kit ...ordered the kit for a '91 ...but when i took the pump apart the it didn't take the big oring seal ..and the shaft seal was too small ...checked it out and the pump is for a '90 ...checked the vin on the motor and it didn't match the car ...so i guess it had a motor swap ..oh well i'll just have to rebuild the pump that's on the now donor car ...no biggie
 
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