1st gen front disc

[ragragtimetime]

I got it up on jacks and took the wheels off. It is filthy. I took some pics before and after a bit of scraping away 30 years of built up dirt and grease. I also opened up the lower fender on the pass side and sure enough it dumped a load of wet dirt. Well at least its clean now.

I have scraped up and hosed down both sides of the suspension parts they both look like the dirty one I show. I removed the bumper and that splash guard thing. I'm reading the manual to be sure I do all I can right. What shocks fit here? They look a lot shorter than the spring assist Gabriel's I used on the back.n How hard is it to press these ball joints?
Before cleaning- drver before clean.jpg drvr upper arm.jpg drvr lower arm.jpg
After cleaning- passenger.jpg pass upper arm.jpg pass lower arm.jpg

nice work!

[85Ram50]

nice work!

Thanks but I did it just so I oculd remove everything. I'm doing a little at a time. Had to get a breaker bar to get the caliper body off. I've dropped the tie rod ends and will be going for the hubs next. There is still a lot of gunk in there behind the rotor protection plate.
Edit- Just scraped some more and still finding fasteners buried in hardened grease. IDK for sure but I am supposed to replace the strut bushings along with all this other new stuff Right? the only thing I haven't got in its way is the strut bushings and sway bar bushings. I'm guessing they should be done when I am doing the link.
I'm debating myself if I should replace the rotors and bearings right now. The rotor looks good, the pads were old but not fully worn and the grease inside the cap on the one hub I took off was hard but everything looked new and it spins what I would consider normal. how loose should it be? Maybe I'll just add it to the pile with the extra clutch I got. That's a story. I ordered one from a company and they sent me a different brand. I notified them and they just sent me another clutch! didn't want the other one back.