Smonkeyboy
Senior Member
i bought some neuspeed race springs from chris (dochh22a4), and we finally got around to putting them on yesterday, so we wnet to Schucks to rent a spring compressor, and they were out, so we went to Rent-X and they were closed, so then we went to another Schucks, and theres was out too, so we stopped by napa and they dont rent, so i bought a spring compressor cost freakin $60, which is more than i paid for the springs.
we started at 1pm, its now about 215
so we went back to Rays house to put them on, and it took about 20min to remember how to get my damper all disconnected, so we got the drivers front changed no prob, then we got the drivers reac changed, also no prob.
then we went to unbolt the bolt that holds the brake spindle to the lower control arm, and stripped it. great.
so we drive to my mechanic, to ask him what to do, and he said if the bolt was frozen which i think it is, our only real choice is to dye drind off the head, and drill it out. so we go to shcucks to try and find a bolt that will fit, if we get mine out, no luck, so we go to lowes, and find something really really close, so we get it, and back to rays garage
we stripped the bolt about 330, and by the time we found out what we needed to do, and got the replacement bolts it was like 7:30
so we took a brake for Pizza at my house, and we get back to work at like 8:30
chris and i changed the right front spring in like 30min, and ray is working on the stripped one, since he is the only one who had any idea on how to drill out a bolt.
and he tried to flatten out the bolt so a combination wrench would fit on it, and he stripped that too, so we started to drill at about 9.
by 11:30 we were 1 1/2 inches into the bolt, 2and a half hours of drilling and we werent even 2inches in, so ray has the idea to sink a smaller bolt in through the hole we made, as to counter sink the stuck bolt, you know, screw it in the back, and it pushes it out the front, as soon as it started to get tight, ray gave it another twist, and snapped the head.
almost 3hrs of drilling and we put ourselves right back to square 1. it was about midnight by now, so we decided to call it a night, you know 11hrs working on a 2hr project, so now my car sits at my parents house, and i have to take it to my mechanic on mon, hopefully and tell him that i fucked up, and need him to drill out the bolt for me.
/end rant
we started at 1pm, its now about 215
so we went back to Rays house to put them on, and it took about 20min to remember how to get my damper all disconnected, so we got the drivers front changed no prob, then we got the drivers reac changed, also no prob.
then we went to unbolt the bolt that holds the brake spindle to the lower control arm, and stripped it. great.
so we drive to my mechanic, to ask him what to do, and he said if the bolt was frozen which i think it is, our only real choice is to dye drind off the head, and drill it out. so we go to shcucks to try and find a bolt that will fit, if we get mine out, no luck, so we go to lowes, and find something really really close, so we get it, and back to rays garage
we stripped the bolt about 330, and by the time we found out what we needed to do, and got the replacement bolts it was like 7:30
so we took a brake for Pizza at my house, and we get back to work at like 8:30
chris and i changed the right front spring in like 30min, and ray is working on the stripped one, since he is the only one who had any idea on how to drill out a bolt.
and he tried to flatten out the bolt so a combination wrench would fit on it, and he stripped that too, so we started to drill at about 9.
by 11:30 we were 1 1/2 inches into the bolt, 2and a half hours of drilling and we werent even 2inches in, so ray has the idea to sink a smaller bolt in through the hole we made, as to counter sink the stuck bolt, you know, screw it in the back, and it pushes it out the front, as soon as it started to get tight, ray gave it another twist, and snapped the head.
almost 3hrs of drilling and we put ourselves right back to square 1. it was about midnight by now, so we decided to call it a night, you know 11hrs working on a 2hr project, so now my car sits at my parents house, and i have to take it to my mechanic on mon, hopefully and tell him that i fucked up, and need him to drill out the bolt for me.
/end rant
someone knifed your car?
