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Re: Front Suspension - update

To: Doug Mitchell <dmitchel@ford.com>,
Subject: Re: Front Suspension - update
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 22:21:09 -0400
Doug,

I feel your pain.  I had to cut my bolts out.  Then after all that careful
sawing, I found my lower control arms were damaged from kerb-crashing and
had to replace them anyway.

Are you aware the the 'major rebuild kits' come with new bolts & nuts?

Atwell Haines

At 08:33 AM 6/16/99 -0400, Doug Mitchell wrote:
>
>Further in the saga, pressing the bolt out with a c-clamp
>only served to bend the handle of the c-clamp (and nearly
>bent the wrench used to apply extra leverage).
>
>Don't really want to torch it out, so the final answer is
>going to be to cut the bolt and replace it. Oh well.
>
>Before I order the bolt, I have found more things that need
>to be replaced. This is turning out to be the beginning of
>shipwrights disease setting in!!
>
>Cheers,
>
>-- 
>Doug Mitchell
>dmitchel@ford.com
>dmitchel@ismi.net
>'73 Spitfire 1500
>

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