Hey guys i was reading the service manual last night and in big bold letters it sais "Caution" not to tighten these (blue arrows) bolts until the car has weight on wheels.....

1) Curious as to why???

2) How am i supposed to get under there and tighten these with the car on the ground??

 

rubber bushes work by stretching the rubber, the outer part of the bush is fixed to the A arm the inner to the chassis bolt. You don't tighten until the A arm is in it's operating position wrt the chassis(aka the bush is indexed to it's operating position), other wise the rubber is over stretched and will deteriorate more rapidly. This is a major issue for those that lower the car w/o reindexing the bush.

The bushes in the pic are p/u and function differently. Those bushes rotate past the fixed chassis bolt and must be kept well lubricated or they will develop friction and erode and squeek

W/ p/u bushes tighten up any time in any position because they will rotate anyway

 

Ok thanks Bill.

 

Bill: Thanks. I ran into the same instruction on a Mercedes A-arm. I complied, but until now did not understand the basis.

Jerry:
If you switch back to rubber bushings, you have your excuse for getting a lift

 

Put some wood logs, bricks, ramps or something under each wheel and lower the car on these. Now the car is settled on the "ground" and you'll have enough space to tighten the bolts.

Thomas

 

I thought you were gonna buy me a lift Paul.