I'm replacing front end parts, what parts to grease?
Greetings! I sprung for the lifetime alignment for my 2002 Santa Fe at firestone, on sale for $180, and two front tires because I noticed negative chamber and the inner tire, particularly passanger side, was in bad shape.
I was told they could not perform the alignment because it needed the passanger lower control arm bushing/ball joint replaced, and both CV axle boots were torn and the axles needed to be replaced. Of course they wanted a bunch of $$$ to do this, so I decided to take a friday off work and invest in swapping a few of the front end components. My odometer stopped working at 185k, and by now the car is definitely over 200k in miles. I plan to keep it for at least 2 or 3 more years, and will be doing some extra commuting, so I told the wife we gotta pony up the cash for the maintence. Here's what I am planning to swap so far: - Front LH and RH lower control arms, since they come with the bushings and ball joint. - Front LH and RH CV axle, plus new boots - Front LH and RH inner tie rods, plus new boots - Front LH and RH outer tie rods - Front rotors and ceramic pads - Front new axle nuts (2) - Rear rotors and ceramic pads - New codder pins for control arm bushing and maybe outer tie rod/axle nut? - Grease gun and grease for outer tie rod?? - Break cleaner - Break pad/shim grease - New clean pans to catch trans fluid, and I have 1 unopened quart left from when I had the trans fluid changed. - I'm also changing the serpentine belt. - I will borrow that inner tie rod kit to remove it. 1) Can anyone tell me if there's other parts I should change since I'll be doing all this front end work? 2) Do aftermarket outer tie rods usually come greased, or do I need to buy a grease gun? What kind of grease should I buy? 3) Do any of the parts I'm changing need additional grease? Like the lower control arm bushing, or where the CV axle meets the transmission case? 4) I watched YouTube videos on changing the Tie rods, and lower control arm since I never changed those. But if anyone has a good picture guide they can link me, much appreciated. 5) Bonus question: If I straighten my wheel, the car goes fairly hard to the right. While I'm down there, what can I adjust to straighten the wheel? Thank you in advanced for your help! I will be taking many pictures and I hope to put together a nice picture guide on this for others |
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