I ordered the new bolt then used a sawsall <S> cut between the trunnion and
the shock arm being careful not to damage them.
Whats left pops right out.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Nagy <nagy@duq.edu>
To: MG Nuts <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: 3Q: Rebuilding Suspension...
>Art,
>
>If the bolt is stuck, and we grind off the head, doesn't that still
>leave the body of the bolt stuck in the middle? I guess, at that point
>you could BFH it from either side, or remove the shock arms from either
>side. But, wouldn't still leav the stuck trunion?
>
>I don't want to be a goof about this, but just spent an hour beating the
>bolt from here to my neighbor's house on Saturday. I have no grinder.
>Read your article, was great, you sent my the URL a few weeks back.
>
>Tim
>
>Skye Poier wrote:
>>
>> Word on the street is that Art Pfenninger said:
>> > Syke, a 4 1/2 inch angle grinder with a cut off wheel will remove the
bolt
>> > in under 1 minute. Take a look at the article I did on suspension
>> > rebuilding, I talk about this very problem. I think you have the
article
>> > on your web page don't you?
>>
>> Yes I do, a great article thanks. I don't have an angle grinder though,
>> so manually hacksawing through is pretty far down the list of approaches
>> I want to take ;)
>>
>> Skye
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