suspension difficulties semi rant

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

After what
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Alexander <rick@brubakerbox.com>
To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 4:50 AM
Subject: Re: suspension difficulties semi rant


> Then... Nah just that when you had it cherry red you should have raised a
> big bucket of water up under it. The shock would have broken the hold of
the
> rust. Then Buster would have had an easy time of it.
>
> Btw you can even take old exhausts and inner race/hubs apart with this
> method.
>
> Rick Alexander
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>
> To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 4:26 AM
> Subject: Re: suspension difficulties semi rant
>
>
> > If the head is busted off it should pound out!!  Soak it overnight and
set
> > the car up high and safe and get your biggest hammer and slam that thing
> > out!!  It really should go since the only thing that could hold it in is
> > rust so once you break the rust it WILL come out (unless someone
threaded
> in
> > the wrong size bolt or something stupid like that!!).  HTH!!
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > alright, i got my new skocks and struts and went to put them on tonight.
> > just cruising along, when i hit the rear pass side shock. the god-damned
> > bottom bolt is frozen. so i break out buster( that's the name of my BIG
> > hammer), give it a few whacks and the nut breaks loose. cool, but the
bolt
> > is still frozen! sprayed it with pb blaster, ate dinner and came back.
> still
> > frozen. break out the torch heat it up. nothing, fuc*in thing still
won't
> > move! super heat it, so much so that it's glowing red and the rubber
> bushing
> > on the bottom of the shock it burning. still nothing. so i rig myself
into
> > position under the car and pull for all i'm worth and snap! the head
comes
> > of the bolt. excellent, now i can just pound the lil' mf'er out with a
> > hammer. nope. still stuck. i'm so pissed of at this point i'm actually
> think
> > of changing the whole rear trailing arm. any suggestions?
> >   hit
> >
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