I’m dreading the day that I have to do this again on my LX…It’s still on going as I’m waiting on some of the parts still. Supposed to arrive today but my weather window will probably push it til this weekend. It’s really not that bad, by that I mean it completely sucks in many ways! But it...
First real project on the wife’s GX, lovin it. Obvious signs of seepage on one side of the crossover so pulled that to ‘help’ get at the starter bolts, gaskets on the way. The throttle body and starter connectors broke when I breathed on them so those are on order as well as all the injector...
This method is probably the easiest for the ball joints. I’d agree, test them for play and only do it when/if they fail. You’d have to buy the whole arms to get oem ball joints, so you’re faced with aftermarket for a replacement of only the bj. Most swear by 555 which is the route I went, so...
My memory failed me on the hitch bolts, just ran a tap in one of the holes and it’s m14x1.5. As for shock bolts, oem is the obvious choice if you’re not in a pinch…that said my hardware store grade 10.9 bolts haven’t budged in 30k miles so I’m not too worried.
Just curious but with only 77k why do you find the need to replace these bolts? My shock bolts at 200k needed it as they were worn down in the center from the shock mount sleeve resulting in movement and a very annoying chirp there.