Originally posted by eepals:
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=susp&Number=731872&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&vc=1
I posted this a while ago, but it could be a reason you are having trouble. I also had trouble with the drivers side. If it is the CV joint out of the tripod housing it will fight you. Be carefull you can pinch a hole in the boot easily if you are too rough.



Thanks. I was thinking (now that I've been away from it for a couple of hours) that I'd need to peel back the CV boot. How hard is that? I guess I'll find out tomorrow. I can't tell anything by feel.

I have plenty of vertical clearance. The left subframe is lowered about an inch. But there's no way for the vertical axes to line up unless the knuckle can move further inward. Gotta be something with the CV joint.

Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998