Piece of shit car

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

That sucks, Julie.  I was removing those early this year and I had my fingers crossed.  That is not a situation I want to encounter any time soon.

A good advertisement for impact tools, me thinks.  :-)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: julie@menloparkrandd.com [mailto:julie@menloparkrandd.com]
>Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 5:11 PM
>To: julie@menloparkrandd.com; Org, Scirocco
>Subject: Re: Piece of shit car
>
>
>I struggled to lift amd mount the swing arm into place. All 4 nuts 
>on, hey, easy going (relitively speaking), then the last torque 
>turn and the nut spun off.
>I cried for a minute. Turned off the lights, closed the garage and 
>stormed up stairs. Ummm you might have read the mail....
>There is a fix. Not fun, but it can be done. 
>The bolt is a 10mm 1.25 35mm. Lock nut preferable, but a split 
>washer will suffice. Under the rear seat, 1" from the center hole 
>of the rear seat belt attachment point cut a 1.5" slot. 2 cuts 3" 
>long to the front of the car. Lift and bend back.
>Drill out the broken stud to the correct size to fit the bolt. 
>Slip the bolt in from the top, weld and mount the F**kin swing 
>arm. Now... Becareful of the torque... 
>