Front 10 Bolt Teardown / Rebuild PICTURES!

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Same story on the other side. Spray it with some PB Blaster and get to work.

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Here it is, disconnected from the axle assembly.

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Since im doing a 4 inch suspension lift I will have to remove the stock steering arm and replace it with a modified verizon. Pretty simple job. The steering arm is located on top of the driver side knuckle and secured with 3 nuts and 3 cone washers. Go get your Huge @$$ breaker bar, an extension and a 7/8" socket. Start by removing all three nuts holding the steering arm down. After the nuts are removed hit it with some PB blaster and let it sit on the cone washers. As you can tell by the picture I totally missed. (Its hard to hold a camera and spray at the same time)

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REMOVING THE STEERING ARM (CONTINUED) Depending on how rusted your cone washers are is what determines how hard this part is going to be. Thankfully on the surplus axle there was no rust and the steering arm came off without a problem. But on my original front axle it was a pain in the @$$!! If you are in the same boat as i was, heres what to do. With some persuasion it should come off without a problem. Start by tapping it with a mallet and switching between these three places. Get some good wacks in there its not gonna hurt anything. After a couple rounds of wack a mole the cone washers should give and pop goes the weisel.

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Now that the cone washers are free, remove them and the steering arm. Make sure to back these washers, you dont want to misplace them. (In the past I lost one and it was a pain to find a replacement)

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Next we are going to remove both of the brake calipers. The surplus axle didnt come with brake lines or fluid so its fairly easy. Start by turning the knuckle as far forward as possible too expose the 2 allen bolts securing the caliper in place. Grab your allen wrench and get to work. These bolts put up a fight but with a slight tap of the mallet they come right off.

[Mr. 250r]

The death wobble is also conveniently available for the ball joint axles as well but in my opinion the king pin is way more susceptible to it for some reason which could be good or bad depending on which axle you have as far as the surplus army axle i had a magazine that had axles in it and they looked basically the way yours is i think its probably from sitting around in different environments will eventually cause some surface rust or its got good use lol