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Old 09-02-2013, 05:12 PM
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Sorry to hear of the troubles.

Try a cobalt drill bit with lots of cutting oil and a very slow speed.

(Just in case #1 => The spec for the bolt is 65 Nm - that's just under 48 ft lbs)
(Just in case #2 => wagon W123 sway bars have a larger diameter than the other variants)
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