DonutHands Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Found a couple videos for the upper and lowers. Looks pretty straight forward aside from running into seized bolts of course. So my question is, can the uppers and lowers be done on the ground with wheels on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainGoat Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 The likelihood of needing to cut out the lower bolts is VERY high. Even my truck, which only has 106K & spent most of its life garaged, possibly no salt ever & a third of its life in the desert, needed to have the lower bolts cut out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02_Pathy Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 You'll have more room to work with if the tires are off and the rig on jack stands, that's how I did mine Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPLORx4 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 You can replace the arms with the wheels on the ground, but it's pretty tight under there and it'll be hard work. No matter how you choose to do it, replace ONE link at a time. You will likely need a ratchet strap to help move the axle to line up the bolt holes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrelcocko Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Just reiterating what was already said. I would definitely get you a ratchet strap. It will help pull the rear end to your control arm or control arm to the body. The bolts are a booger unless you get lucky. I would Jack it up and remove your wheels. Getem outta the way. 17mm wrench/socket 19 Wrench/Socket, breaker bar and Impact if available. 10mm for the cover over the control arm where it connects to the body. Also use the FSM manuals available online just search for your year R50 and go to the RA section. Make sure and torque to specs. NISSAN recommends you change the nuts. More than likely the bolts will get ruined removing them I know mine did. Good Luck. Sent from my SM-S367VL using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawairish Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Mrelcocko said: NISSAN recommends you change the bolts. No, it’s the nuts that are not supposed to be reused. Replace bolts as necessary. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonutHands Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Thanks all, sounds like I will be waiting till i can use my friends driveway to tackle this. I do have replacement nuts and bolts on hand that I will be installing all around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Reverse Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I put a light coating of molybdenum grease on the body of the bolt that is in the bushings. That helps prevent the bolt from seizing in the bushing. That makes future repairs easier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonutHands Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 Well, got it 3/4 of the way done. Unfortunately one of the bolts was replaced with something non oem and is completely frozen in place. Looks like there was some damage to one of the mounts and some big washers were put in as well. Gonna have to take it to a shop for this one. I thought maybe the wobble would be 3/4 of the way gone but it is still pretty significant even with 3 new arms in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonutHands Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 Shop took care of it. Probably took them 10 min, but without a lift and proper leverage that one bolt would not give. Crazy how the wobble was actually worse with only one bad arm than it was with 4 bad arms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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