Bigjht Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Now I just have to install them but atleast one hurdle is down. [ATTACH]1371[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulford8 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 COOL! If you have any issues installing just ask as many of us have installed our own. Good luck and snap to it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigjht Posted December 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Has anyone tried to install them yet without taking off the whole spindle assembly? I remember a thread quite some time ago that had a video from an older Taurus that installed them that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulford8 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 I dont believe so and I dont believe it would be possible/easier. Loosen your wheel nut. Then take off your ball joint nut (takes some muscle to get started), tie rod nut, and sway bar link. Then take your ABS sensor out and loosen the bolts up top and with a hammer tap your drive shaft back.. With the bolts up top loose I pushed the lower control arm down with my foot so the ball joint stud wasnt through the knuckle. At that point you take the top nuts off and it basically falls out. The first side is slow but after you figure it out the 2nd side goes fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Edit: I assume you have a 2013 based on your 2013 fender vent. Big your in luck! On your 2013 they couldn't be easier. As the 2010-12 struts slide into the steering knuckle assembly and require a bit more labor to install. But the 2013 the struts are bolted with 2 bolts to the steering knuckle and these are very easy to remove strut assemblies. So all you need to is remove the 4 nuts from the top of the strut tower, the sway bar end link from strut and the 2 bolts from the steering knuckle and your strut assembly is out. 2013 steering knuckle assembly 2010-12 steering knuckle assembly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigjht Posted December 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Crash, that's awesome news, thanks for the info. And yes, I have a '13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulford8 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 WOW that is how Ford struts used to be, I changed a few Fox Mustangs that way. So Ford made it all one complicated piece, then went back to the old style 2 piece... Wonderful. Wish they would have done that from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Amen on that Paul. Got my springs last xmas and I thought Oooh this only take me about 2hrs, thinking I'd have the strut out in about 15mins as we know that 15mins turned into about 1.5hrs a side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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