Don't drill them, pound them out! Heat them with a propane tourch, douse them hot with PB Blaster, get a stout punch and a BFH! Mark neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > The lower ball joint adaptor is removed, and I need to drill out bolt > remanents. If I don't drill dead center and adaptor ends up being > fore/aft, and/or L/R 1 or 2 mm when installed: > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/BJLRForeAft.jpg/BJLRForeAft-full;init:.jpg > > how much will the wheel geometry (camber or caster I think) be affected? > > If affected, is there be enough "room" to adjust things back to spec? > (hard to assess online I know :) > > More pics for the morbidly curious: > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/lowerballjointadaptorissues > > Thanks, > > Neil. > > > > > > |
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