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Lower Control Arms 850 1994

posted by  Griff89 on  Sun Jun 6 14:02 CST 2004
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Hello,
This weekend I will be doing front brakes on my 850. Car was at Swedish Engineering a few weeks back and I was told passenger side ball joint was beginning to go.I have a new IPD A-arm but intend to do brakes first and then replace a-arms with in the next few weeks. I have the following questions.
1. Shouldn't both a-arms be replaced while I am an it.
2. Do discs and rotors need to be removed to get to ball joint? Looks like enough room is there to lave them on.
3. Haynes manual says to torques everything after car is down and suspension is loaded. How are mounting bolts reached and manual also says an angle gauage is needed? What gauge they referring too?
4. Any special tools or items I need for this job?
This is the first car I've owned that ball joint is integral to the a-arm so please excuse my lack of knowledge in this case.
Thanks!
Joel






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