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Date:         Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:37:36 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stuck Strut Bar Bolts
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > oh ............THOSE. > yes, I had a real problem with some of those..... > on a van ( an 83.......same animal , at least in the suspension

Thanks Jake and Scott.

Yah sorry. The image is of the driver side. It's the passenger side that has the snapped nut.

I started there first. All 3 nuts loosened easily, then a few turns on one and "snap". Actually the metal might be relatively soft. It wasn't so much a snap as a kind of "schmoosh" when it broke.

On the driver side, I turned a bolt and it feels close to snapping.

Maybe there's a way to press them out. In hindsight, at least for the driver side, I should have looked into pressing out the lower BJ while in situ as opposed to trying to remove the bolts. Not sure if that can be done.

Oh well. This is how we learn! IF by some stroke of genius I find a way, I'll post it for sure.

With any luck, maybe someone else has found a way?

(he asked rhetorically)

Neil.


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