"Mattbob" (mattbob)
08/30/2014 at 21:54 • Filed to: None
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"Mattbob" (mattbob)
08/30/2014 at 21:54 • Filed to: None | 3
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Someone who has replaced a track bar on an xj must be out there to know how screwed I was when this picture was taken. After much rust in the eyes, I came out victorious. New track bar and swaybar end links done.
the head of that bolt snapped.
Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> Mattbob
08/30/2014 at 21:57 |
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might want to paint that a bit to prevent more rust
ly2v8-Brian
> Mattbob
08/30/2014 at 21:59 |
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Every time when you work on suspension.
Birddog
> Mattbob
08/30/2014 at 22:37 |
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Been there, broke that.
FriskyDingo
> Mattbob
08/30/2014 at 22:48 |
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grinder in behind it, problem solved.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Mattbob
08/30/2014 at 23:02 |
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I always forget NOT TO WORK DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE PART I'M TRYING TO FREE.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Mattbob
08/30/2014 at 23:15 |
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I'm currently driving around without a front swaybar because all four bolts holding it onto the subframe snapped when I took it off it to change some bushings and I haven't figured out how to remove them yet.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/30/2014 at 23:57 |
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I did this just the other day on a customer's car, just one bolt. Then I proceeded to break a hardened extractor in the broken bolt. Fuck X 1000. It's either get it out or replace the $1600 subframe. For free. Bad. Borrowed a welder from one of the body shops we do a lot of business with and welded a nut to the broken bolt. The heat breaks it free and the nut allows you to turn it almost as if it weren't broken. Used to do this all of the time when I lived back in the rusty midwest.
desertdog5051
> Mattbob
08/31/2014 at 00:04 |
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Such rust.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
08/31/2014 at 00:05 |
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You think the midwest is rusty? Hah! I live in coastal New England.
Also I know heat will help but I've never used a torch before and I'm scared to try.
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AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/31/2014 at 00:27 |
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I don't know... I still see threads on there and I can tell the head on that other bolt had six sides. I've seen fasteners so rusty you can't even tell that they were in fact at some point fasteners. I've probably seen more aluminum in its white powdery form than solid. To make matters worse I grew up in the middle of nowhere with 50 year old farm trucks and the average car being an early 90's domestic rust box.
This had to be done with a MIG welder, torch welding won't do it, too slow and not precise enough.
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Mattbob
> FriskyDingo
08/31/2014 at 18:18 |
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thats what I did for part of it, but the wheel wasnt big enough. Had to use a sawzall, but it was a grade 10.9 bolt so it took forever.
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Mattbob
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
08/31/2014 at 18:19 |
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trying to paint a jeeps underside to prevent rust is like trying to stop the tide with a bucket.
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Mattbob
> desertdog5051
08/31/2014 at 18:20 |
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michigan winters will do that.
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Mattbob
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/31/2014 at 18:30 |
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it soaks up potholes without a swaybar, doesn't it?
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desertdog5051
> Mattbob
08/31/2014 at 18:48 |
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Grew up there, I know. I have seen a lot of car transporters on I-40 hauling really rusty bottom cars. They all seemed to be coming from MI, WI and IL by the plates on the cars. Going to unsuspecting new owners in Phoenix and LA.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Mattbob
08/31/2014 at 21:44 |
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Yeah but the car's light so it still rolls less than say, a minivan.
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Mattbob
> desertdog5051
08/31/2014 at 22:30 |
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Really?? I didn't think cars ever made it out of michigan alive. those poor poor new owners/