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« on: June 01, 2008, 07:37:39 PM »
OK, that's it!! I must officially be a weakling! Nothing will shift the 17mm horizontal bolt on the lower arm nor the 19mm nut on the ball joint - both on the off-side. Next weekend it's a nut splitter or angle grinder..... The ball joint gets replaced as part of the kit so it doesn't matter what I do! As for the horizontal bolt - I've ordered up a new bolt, nut and spacer from Toyota (approx £7).
I'm fed up with all these siezed bolts etc that I've had to undo, or failed to undo!
When it comes to bolting the ball joint onto the lower arm - which way is the most common? Bolt the plate on top of the arm, or underneath it? Elsewhere on the forum the photos of the bigger discs suggest that it's been bolted underneath, although DNA suggest on top.
On a postive note on progress - the doors have been cut down and I've tried fitting the new outer door skins, along with just resting the front end and bonnet on the car - actually looks like I've done something! At last some visible progress, better stop now while I'm feeling good about it and before I encounter the next challenge.
tenpin