ICON UCA & Coilover Pre-Install Checks

Hi TW friends. Looking to self-install UCAs and Coilovers this coming Friday/Saturday and have spent some time looking through the stickies for tips. They are from ICON and for somebody like me with little prior experience, the instructions they provide are a little over my head (not enough detail & pictures). Have a few questions to ensure I'm not missing anything.

Per the ICON install sticky, a couple of folks said this video gives a good visual overview of what I can expect:



A few questions after watching that video: it seems that I need to have some lubricants on-hand to properly install the parts. Is standard 'wet' lubricant used in some places, and dry lubricant used on others? Want to ensure I order the right supplies before I begin.

I will have access to a hydraulic lift and fairly robust compliment of tools to do the work -- are there any non-standard tools I should have on-hand? I don't know if the shop I'll be in has a grease gun, so I need to check on that.

I understand I'll need to locate a different shop that can help do the alignment, but it shouldn't be a problem to drive in between that time and the install, right?

I appreciate any insight or additional tips!

 

Sorry to bump -- if somebody could take a look at a couple of the questions I put in my post above, I'd really appreciate it! Looking to get started tomorrow and don't want to get half-way through and realize I don't have something essential on-hand.

 

you will want a good lube for the poly bushings, they make stuff just for that so check your autoparts stores. anything with a bushing will get that. the dry lube comes into play with the uniball you dont want to use any wet type lube on that due to it attracting dirt/dust.

it requires all normal tools, but remember some of them are larger then some people have, I dont remember off hand, but i thought there were some 20 or 22mm bolts that i needed a large wrench for. not everybody has wrenches up to that size.

oh and yes you will need to get an alignment, i would do your best to get it close with a tape measure then drive it a few days to let the suspension settle, then get an alignment.

 

Thanks -- I'll head out to get the bushing lubricant today. Lot of other threads advise not putting any lubricant on the uniball -- I live in California at the moment and don't have to deal with really nasty weather. I did order the ICON uniball covers though, so I'll put those on next week.

 

yea you dont want to put any wet lube, but if you read the directions it will say what kind of try lube it likes

 

get some of this for the uniballs
https://camburg.com/shop/suspension/tri-flow-heim-uniball-lube/

 

Use some Wd40 on the coilover threads, will help adjusting them and not to damage them. Adjust with wheels off ground.
This last time, I un did the ball joints, Uca, supported the spindle with wire. Remove, replace. I had help, it was not bad. You are changing the Uca, once out, you have shit load of room.