How hard are these to do?

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mustangfan

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I have a seal in the passenger rear that is bad. This leaks grease all over the inside of my rim.
Both rear bearings needs replaced. They have alot of play in them.
One of the front wheel bearings is going bad. One of them makes a grinding noise when you get the bearing warm.
Front struts need to be replaced. They are starting to make alot of noises while going over humps.

2001 v6 mustang is my car. So let me know how hard they are to replace and what tools i might need.

Another question not related to the top ones is what would cause a new shock to clunk while driving over rough terrain. I just put new one's on the back and the driver side one is clunking in rough terrain. I have checked the shock to make sure it is tight and it is. No slap/play in the shock itself. Just when it goes up and down you hear a clunk in the shock. I am assuming i should take the shock back and get a new one while it is under warranty?
 
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Chris2kGT

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Check the bushings in your control arms. It could be the soft stockers have wore out and are causing them to slip.

The V6' do not have rear sway bars and even if they did, they do not use a endlink on the back. It bolts to the lower control arm.
 
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boostingwild

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mustangfan said:
I have a seal in the passenger rear that is bad. This leaks grease all over the inside of my rim.
Both rear bearings needs replaced. They have alot of play in them.
One of the front wheel bearings is going bad. One of them makes a grinding noise when you get the bearing warm.
Front struts need to be replaced. They are starting to make alot of noises while going over humps.

2001 v6 mustang is my car. So let me know how hard they are to replace and what tools i might need.

Another question not related to the top ones is what would cause a new shock to clunk while driving over rough terrain. I just put new one's on the back and the driver side one is clunking in rough terrain. I have checked the shock to make sure it is tight and it is. No slap/play in the shock itself. Just when it goes up and down you hear a clunk in the shock. I am assuming i should take the shock back and get a new one while it is under warranty?
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if you need the help just pm me and come by my house with your car and we can work on it in my garage. i have all the necessary tools and its not hard at all, considering they sell the hubs as complete assembly with bearing. also its not your shock that is making the clunking, its the rubber thats worn and causing the noise. let me know if you are interested, i can get hubs real cheap!
 
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mustangfan

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I would boostingwild but i am about 5-6hrs away from queens. I am just going to take the shock off and take it back to replace it. Thanks for the advice i will check out the control arms when i jack the back of the car up and check the rear end grease.
 
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mustangfan

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Ok update i am taking the mustang in the shop hopefully monday for the repairs needed to the rearend. Should be done by friday so i can pick it up.
 
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mustangfan

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Ok dropped off the car my friend the mechanic said it would be about $400-$450 to do all the seals and both bearings in the rear. So yeah big bill to pay this friday.
 
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