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Old 09-21-2006, 02:09 AM
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1983 300SD, 4 speeed
 
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SNAFU heading to FUBAR!!?

Got some new bilsteins today, couldn't wait til the weekend to install so... out at 9:30pm dragging tools out to driveway, get going, front shocks first, first shock, got top undone, pulled out, bottom bolt undone, working on the rear bolt when it SNAPPED OFF! This was about 10:30pm. I don't have any easy outs so I decided to drill center out enough to work the rest of the bolt out. I got that pretty much done but I can't get the threads clean. Has any one run into this? How did you fix it? I am thinking about finding a bottom tap the size of these bolts and use that to clean out threads, or get another bolt this size and make a clean out with it. Its 2:00am time to get a few hours before sun up!!! Man what a mess, I hope some one can help, I would hate to buy a new/ used lower control arm(?)!!
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