Tips doing suspension work in phases due to tight budget for '94 Astro Van?

Theres a tool for the front ones, and a certain tool arrangement needed for the rears. If you know nothing it will take all day. If you went to a muffler shop, they could finish before you could get the paperwork filled out............But since you have not had it inspected for anything unsafe or out of spec, you cannot decide what is first for your budget. Take an experienced tech for a road teat and get recommendations. If you dislike their findings, ask elsewhere. When you find a shop that really cares, you would begin to feel it by talking it over with them in my experience.

When a customer was like you and I worked at the GM garage, If they wanted advice, and had your circumstances, we sent them to a tire store we knew that handled our light work. Since safety was paramount and money was the motivator, we sent them to those we trusted implicitly. That's good money well spent. If it was something simple, but grave need, we repaired and aligned their vehicle.

Also, the local 2 year college may have an auto mechanics program that can inspect it and give you an idea of what to do with it. Or, if you have the time, take the class and learn to do it yourself!