Over the weekend, a friend and I were able to rip apart the front suspension. Outside of a few stubborn bolts, it came apart pretty simply. The bushings appeared to be in good shape. However, the items I knew would need replacing definitely need replacing.
- Upper ball joint dust boots
- Tie rod ends
- Lower Ball joints
- Caliper Rebuild
- New rotors, actually the ones that are on there are awesome, but they do not meet the rules for Spec Miata.
There are forces of alchemy and mysticism holding the rear suspension to the car. The axle nuts seem to have been driven on by the hands of Zeus. In reality, I guess this is not uncommon for these nuts. After exploding a rather large and expensive socket. I have placed an order for a socket that should hold up to the force and have made arrangements to borrow a truck servicing 3/4 inch drive impact wrench.
The nuts will come off. Perhaps with a mangled stub of axle still in them, but they will come off.
In addition to the axle nuts being fused to the car. Through oxidization, the lower long bolt seemed to have become the same part as the rear upright. After a little while with a pipe, a nice impact wrench, liquid wrench, and a magical chant of four letter words, the passenger side one is free.
Unfortunately the axle nuts are the hold up on actually disassembling any of the rear suspension.
More to come...
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