Ah, well...I'm meditating on that one...
1) The front bearings are toast. So, I pull everything off to discover the right tie rod is chemically fused to the bearing carrier. Sawz-all to the rescue! :twisted:
What the heck, the power rack is leaking anyway, I'll just delete it and swap in the handy-dandy manual rack I just happen to have in the shed with the proper knuckle...
2) The bolts that hold in the power rack (locking shoulder-style bolts) snap off mid-shank. That leaves the bottom half of the stud and nut firmly on the power rack and can not get them off. Even an air chisel wouldn't do it.
So that leaves me with the option of loosening the engine rear mount and disconnecting the tranny mount so I can slide this girl out, no?
I'm thinking of dropping the sub-frame and clean her up while she's out and bolt up the manual rack...but those fasteners holding up the subframe and anti-sway etc look pretty damn scary (they're solid, but not if I touch 'em. Know what I mean?) and I'm not sure I wanna touch them.
Also debating whether to just pull the whole shot (engine + tranny) and deal with the whole engine bay while I'm at it.
Problem is...I don't have a garage. I also have a nasty back injury that really limits my time working on her....which means this could go over the winter and wait until spring. THAT will impress the neighbours