JimMadsen Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) Greetings all, new to the forum here. I will apologize in advance for not doing a search, but am typing this at work and can only spare a few min. My rear crossmember turned into 3 pieces from rust and now the car is parked til fixed. Got a used one with both trailing arms and all 4 control arms for 200 from the junkyard. Can someone please give me a quick step by step on instructions to replace? Maybe pictures? Heck I would even be thrilled with a link to another thread with step-by-steps or even a simple "good luck." I am thinking it should be kinda straight forward, if not a pain in the butt because the bolts won't wanna break easy. Dealt with those things before so am not too concerned. I have done some things like this before. I do my own front brakes, replaced the front struts myself (went very easy once bolts where broken) and worked on the shackles on my wifes SUV. I will be poking around more on the forum tonight after work. Cause with my luck there is a sticky out there with all of the info. Thanks in advance! Edited October 9, 2012 by JimMadsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Even though this is more of a performance base build, it still deals with aspects of the rear end that might help you out. http://www.w-body.com/showthread.php/30733-GTP_MuNkYs-Suspension-Upgrade-Thread-*Update-Pg-13-New-struts-and-sleeves* It will be somewhat involved, however if you take your time its not bad at all. Just labor intensive. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMadsen Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Thanks, good read on there. The junkyard part I am getting (hopefully tomorrow, just talked with them, coming from another yard) is supposed to be the entire unit dropped right out. So the laterals should be connected already to the crossmember (hence no bushings to mess with) and I am hoping the forward control is hooked up as well. But my line of thinking has it that the forward is hooked into the knuckle.... so maybe I am getting more than I asked for parts wise???? With any luck I can just unbolt the old from frame and shock and put the other one on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMadsen Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Got it all done, the junk part was the crossmember, lateral arms, knuckle, wheel hub, suspension. had to get new forward arms from Napa. Car makes less creaking noise now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Glad to hear you got it all fixed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern8tion9l Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 made quick work of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMadsen Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Sure did, now to replace the harmonic balancer. then when I have time figure out why the front driver strut keeps knocking over bumps. I replaced them a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Check the nut that holds the strut in place. I've had that come loose and it makes a horrible noise. Sent from my iPhone in some random spot of Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMadsen Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I will probably tear it apart and rebuild it. Really glad I bought the strut tool. Would hate to have to run around renting. I must say the harmonic balancer was replaced pretty easily. Took maybe a hour and a half, including eating lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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