XC92
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- Jul 22, 2020
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I've been prepping for an overhaul of the rear end on my '92 Talon TSi AWD that I'm hoping to complete this spring, that I started a year and a half ago, it. On my first pass I removed as much rust and crud as I could from the control and trailing arms and painted them, with everything but the calipers and rotors still on the car. I also completely rebuilt the calipers. Later on I rebuilt the strut assemblies, and replaced the pads and rotors. 4 new tires too.
On my final pass at this I intend to remove nearly everything, to replace the ball joints, link connectors, sway bar and control arm bushings (all of which have already been purchased, Moog & ES), replace the brake hoses with SS, and derust, clean up and paint whatever I wasn't able to get to on my first two pass at this, including the underbody and tank (which I also intend to remove, derust, clean, coat and paint). I'm talking about the upper and lower control arms, trailing arms, sway bar and brackets, diff, diff support, crossmember, prop shaft, and all the associated hardware.
One thing I'm wondering about is the order in which I remove everything. I was originally going to follow this order:
Is this the case, and did I just save myself major body damage by thinking this through before going through with it? If so, then it appears that the correct way to drop the cross member is by leaving it connected to the diff, putting a trans jack under the diff, removing the 2 front cross member nuts and 2 diff support member nuts, and dropping the whole 3-part assembly and only then taking them apart.
Have I got this right?
Also, when I put everything back together, I assume that I'll need a rear alignment even if I mark everything before removing things and put everything back the way they were, right?
At under 80k miles should I take the diff apart and check backlash and such to see if all is ok, or is this something to do later on? While I have everything off I'll of course check to see if the LSD VC is still ok with the wheel turn test.
Should I bother to replace the wheel bearings and seals?
Anything else I need to be aware of and do?
On my final pass at this I intend to remove nearly everything, to replace the ball joints, link connectors, sway bar and control arm bushings (all of which have already been purchased, Moog & ES), replace the brake hoses with SS, and derust, clean up and paint whatever I wasn't able to get to on my first two pass at this, including the underbody and tank (which I also intend to remove, derust, clean, coat and paint). I'm talking about the upper and lower control arms, trailing arms, sway bar and brackets, diff, diff support, crossmember, prop shaft, and all the associated hardware.
One thing I'm wondering about is the order in which I remove everything. I was originally going to follow this order:
- Wheels
- Calipers
- Rotors
- CV axles
- Upper control arms
- Sway bar
- Lower control arms
- Trailing arms
- Prop shaft
- Differential
- Differential support
- Cross member
Is this the case, and did I just save myself major body damage by thinking this through before going through with it? If so, then it appears that the correct way to drop the cross member is by leaving it connected to the diff, putting a trans jack under the diff, removing the 2 front cross member nuts and 2 diff support member nuts, and dropping the whole 3-part assembly and only then taking them apart.
Have I got this right?
Also, when I put everything back together, I assume that I'll need a rear alignment even if I mark everything before removing things and put everything back the way they were, right?
At under 80k miles should I take the diff apart and check backlash and such to see if all is ok, or is this something to do later on? While I have everything off I'll of course check to see if the LSD VC is still ok with the wheel turn test.
Should I bother to replace the wheel bearings and seals?
Anything else I need to be aware of and do?