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Old Jul 25, 2004 | 03:35 PM
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drilling it as is was just not gonna work. 5 mins of drilling barely shaved off anything on the bolt..and this is a brand new 3/8" cobalt bit i used when doing my seat brackets.. so i continued to pb the subframe bolt.. then took apart the old strut and got the new one allready(top hat swapped over) then i said the hell with it i was gonna try to take the whole lca off.. but i would immediatley stop if i felt it wasn't coming loose right away.. so i grabbed the ratchet and the bar. and slowly applied a little pressure till it just came loose.. so i was able to remove the whole lca. i took it downstairs to my drill press and started drilling the bolt out(which is 20 times faster with the drill press) the bit started to wander off a little as it was drilling.. so i'm gonna use the dremel to cut off the excess bolt on the other side, tap the dead center of the bolt and meet in the middle of the bushing. i should be golden for this left side.. as for the right... i removed the subframe-lca bolt. but the strut did not feel like it would come loose so i stopped. i didn't even really put any pressure on it. but i didn't torch the nut yet. i had just been pb blasting it all day. so when i'm ready to do that strut bolt i'll get the torch
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