Need A Tutorial - How To Drop The Irs Cradle.

[XR6Turbosonator]

Need a tutorial - how to drop the IRS cradle.

Ford XR6 Turbo sedan.

[XR6Turbosonator]

anybody know how to drop the IRS cradle? Come on someone must have done it at home with jack stands.

[Guest XR09]

Yes.

It's pissing down and I just moved house. I have the manuals and have done it.

If your near the Sunshine coast qld your welcome to borrow them, or the one you need. I do have a fax, but it's not mine and house mate is away and I am not connected to it. The manuals are print workshop ones.

If your replacing the bushes your going to need a fairly good press to get the blade bushes out.

[XR6Turbosonator]

is it worth the effort? or is it a real bastard to do? $440 labour for the shop to do it.

[Guest XR09]

If that's drop and replace I would be paying them to do it. They're saying four hours which would be about three times less than I think you would be doing it at home.

I Had a mate who does suspension with me and we took about six but had a lot of stuffing around with replacing bushes.

I guess it depends on your mech nouse and tools at hand.

Edited 27/08/11 09:55 PM by XR09

[Ralph Wiggum]

I cant usually turn one are in 5-6 hrs in my shed. Helps to have a press and a decent air hack saw to buzz the old bush shells out

There is nothing tricky about dropping the arrrse end out. You need to make sure you mark the cradle location on the rear rail before dropping it, Mark and number the tail shaft weights so they are installed in the correct location and take note of the handbrake routing (you need to feed it back in as the cradle is raised)

The front bushes MUST be installed at the correct depth as incorrect depth can cause knocking noises.

pdf attached

irs cradle.pdf

[rbjet]

I'm doing this at home on stands at the moment to replace a couple of bent arms and bushes and I would recommend paying the money to get a professional to do it. Not a nice job at all.

[XR6Turbosonator]

Apparently there is a diff shop close by that can drop the cradle just a little without taking the whole thing out, labour cost are much lower.

[Ralph Wiggum]

If they are only dropping it "just a little" they wont be changing the front diff mounting bushes. If you dont replace them when you replace the rear bush your rear bush will die pretty quickly

[XR6Turbosonator]

Well actually it is the diff I am having looked at.

But, I have done the Diff bush myself with a super pro comfort option, should I have them do the front diff bushes when they do the diff. (damn it's getting expensive). Could I do the front diff bushes myself without dropping the craddle and taking the diff out?