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122 Front End Rebuild Help? 120-130

posted by  chakra on  Thu Nov 11 13:49 CST 2004
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A couple of people have mentioned the long bolt and potential problems. I had that problem on an 1800. Impact wrench didn't work. Big sockets with breaker bars and cheaters on the breaker bars didn't work. I didn't know about PB Blaster then but tried other penetrants. (And if you don't have any PB Blaster do yourself a favor and get some now, then soak the relevant bits for a couple of days before digging into the project.)

I ended up cutting the bolt off so the A-arm could drop down with the bolt still in the sleeve. The difficulty is in getting through the sleeve, which is hardened. I ripped away the bushing to expose the sleeve, used a dremel and a grinding bit to cut through the sleeve, then a hacksaw to cut the bolt. Was definitely not fun, but a large part of the time and effort was trying to figure out what to do.






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