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What to do while rear beam is dropped?

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I'll be dropping my axle soon to install some new upper spring pads as mine are rotted gone. What should I get at while I have the beam down? I'm going to be getting the SEP centering kit from whoosh as well and looking to track the car. Thanks for everyone's input!
 


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Are you dropping the whole beam assembly? All that’s needed to remove the rear springs and replace upper spring pads is to disconnect the lower shock mount and lower the axle on a jack, no need to disconnect the trailing arm bushings up front.

If you are planning to also pull the trailing arms for whatever reason, there’s more you can do if you choose (bushings, rear centering kit), but honestly beyond that there’s not much back there that you can’t already get at.

Doing spring pads the first time takes a while to figure out the easy way, but once you work out how to pull the lower shock bolts and lower things down it can be done in half an hour.

Edit: I assumed by “spring pads” you’re talking about the rear axle here which is a fairly simple assembly. The front subframe is an entirely different can of worms
 


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Are you dropping the whole beam assembly? All that’s needed to remove the rear springs and replace upper spring pads is to disconnect the lower shock mount and lower the axle on a jack, no need to disconnect the trailing arm bushings up front.

If you are planning to also pull the trailing arms for whatever reason, there’s more you can do if you choose (bushings, rear centering kit), but honestly beyond that there’s not much back there that you can’t already get at.

Doing spring pads the first time takes a while to figure out the easy way, but once you work out how to pull the lower shock bolts and lower things down it can be done in half an hour.

Edit: I assumed by “spring pads” you’re talking about the rear axle here which is a fairly simple assembly. The front subframe is an entirely different can of worms
Thanks man! I guess I'll just get the pads then. Last time I dropped the rear beam on a fiesta was some years ago so I kinda forgot how it all went together but I remember it being simple
 


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What Dialcaliper mentioned above, but if you end up dropping for some reason, you can upgrade the beam bushings, install the centering kit, and also remove the stock exhaust without cutting the pipe.
 


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I'll probably just install the centering kit to ensure it's all aligned since the car was bought having a big history of accidents. From what I've seen it seems the rear bushing is best kept stock as they last the longest. Can't wait to get these pads in. Thanks for the input y'all!
 




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