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Old 06-09-2014, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by crazy4diesel View Post
Thanks, that's a good idea, so I can drive it about a tiny bit with the nut loose? It must be not too bad, since when I pulled the drive line out of both the cars, the donor and the keeper the nut was loose, who knows for how long, I bought both cars used.
Drive - well - drive isn't really something that you should do...

...I advocate rolling the car to make things settle not knowingly driving with loose bolts. Be sensible - be safe.


Finding those big nuts loose however must have been a bit of a bonus as many people complain about getting them undone!
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