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The problem in reassembling the upright to the lower a-arm is, those two thick o-rings must be slightly compressed to act as seals, and most humans simply aren't that strong. Compounding this is the tendancy of the thrust washers on both ends to slip a little, mis-aligning the short dowel pins with the matching holes in the thrust washers. With enough brutality, its possible to assemble the a-arm to an upright with a washer misaligned to its pin.... I grease the o-rings, the thrust washers and the surface it bears against, then I do one side at a time, sliding the long shaft in thru whichever end of the a-arm goes in first. I use a 12" c-clamp between the lower end of the upright and the cross-brace in the lower a-arm, to ease the second end in place. Note this greasing is supposed to be done once a year- unless the system is modified for external grease zerks. Most Panteras have NEVER been greased since the factory shipped them out! Simply adding a grease-zerk to the center of the lower upright will not guarantee any grease getting to the hollow tube inside the upright which surrounds the lower shaft- and that's the area that often collects moisture and rusts solid to the shaft. It takes more extensive mods than a simple zerk. Details available for do-it-yerselfers...