Whilst replacing my axles, I used a small pitman puller to separate the LBJ on my 95 GSR. One side worked out fine, but on the other side, I crushed the bottom of the LBJ stud rendering it unusable. I realize now that I should have left a nut on the stud to prevent this, but hindsight is 20/20 and yaddayaddayadda... For a few different reasons, I decided to try to "fix" the stud rather than replacing the LBJ. Here is what I did...

I got out my dremel and ground down the disfigured portion of the stud. I used this method to take off the bottom threads that had warped and to make the bottom of the stud (which had mushroomed out) small enough to get the castle nut back on. I also had to drill out the cotter pin channel a little so that a new pin would fit. Here is what the end result looked like...



The castle nut torqued down fine and the new pin fit nicely. I've since driven around and done some stress testing and so far I'm satisfied.

So, basically... do I have a deathwish? Or is this a reasonably clever fix?

Opinions anyone?