Broken captive nut and broken bolt in front subframe. Same side!! Dammit!
03-11-2007, 06:07 AM
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Broken captive nut and broken bolt in front subframe. Same side!! Dammit!
This was not the time for this too happen! I have way too many more important things going on right now in my life.
This may be the final straw on the CQ. We'll see what Doug at VFC says. If bad.....bye bye.
This may be the final straw on the CQ. We'll see what Doug at VFC says. If bad.....bye bye.
03-11-2007, 10:45 AM
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Monumental PITA project!!! But I decided to go ahead and adapt the....
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/711/artmi2.jpg"></center><p>"ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" attitude when I did mine by going ahead and doing the other side simultaneously. No more of that crap!
Worst part is getting all the grease out of the frame rail so the nut can be welded in rather than just "tacked" in one spot from the factory.
Worst part is getting all the grease out of the frame rail so the nut can be welded in rather than just "tacked" in one spot from the factory.
03-11-2007, 10:47 AM
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And it's gonna leave a scar...
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/711/artmi3.jpg"></center><p>
Tho I did finally get around to re-rubber-coating and painting laser red 6 months later which left the incision visually undetectable. Still a PITA job no owner should EVER have to do!!
Tho I did finally get around to re-rubber-coating and painting laser red 6 months later which left the incision visually undetectable. Still a PITA job no owner should EVER have to do!!
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