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Old Mar 23, 2005 | 12:33 AM
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here are a few of my new toys i got.
motorsport 3.73's
motorsport 31 spline limited slip
mega bite jr lower control arms


im trying to put the mega bites in now but the rear control arm bolts wont bunge and im using a pneumatic impact gun. im going to pep-boys now to get some penetrating oil and well see how that goes. any tips.....dbeck maybe. ive know youve been down this road lately.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 12:38 AM
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noiice....


kinda reminds me of a similar picture lol
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 12:39 AM
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who makes mega bite control arms?
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 12:41 AM
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company called HPM.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:26 AM
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Get some PB blaster, that stuff is awsome. It eats rust and anything else that may have the bolts locked in.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:27 AM
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ORIGINAL: luckythirteen13

here are a few of my new toys i got.
motorsport 3.73's
motorsport limited slip
mega bite jr lower control arms


im trying to put the mega bites in now but the rear control arm bolts wont bunge and im using a pneumatic impact gun. im going to pep-boys now to get some penetrating oil and well see how that goes. any tips.....dbeck maybe. ive know youve been down this road lately.
Look at the bolt closely, I fell for the same thing. The nut is welded on facing you, you gotta take it out from the other side.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 02:46 AM
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thanks for all the help guys. i got the right side in but nothing is torqued down. its about 10pm so im calling it a night. i have work tomorrow morning but after that its back to the car.
question though....
when i installed my upper arms a few months ago, the instructions said to torque all the bolts down with the the suspension compressed (i.e. the cars weight is on the coils not on jacks under the body) to prevent pre-loading the bolts but the mega bite's say to torque the bolts down with the suspension drooping. should i follow the directions or should i compress the coils and then torque it up?
also, should i put my sway bar back in? i know dbeck isnt using his.

i laughed when the instrucions said to reinstall the quad shocks
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 04:13 AM
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Just follow what the instructions say. We just did upper/lower arms yesterday, I just used a breaker bar to break the nuts and bolts loose. It worked well. Like I said, follow the instructions...
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 04:18 AM
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yeah, gotta use the breaker bar and when they break loose try not to bash you hand against anything.
Old Mar 23, 2005 | 04:22 AM
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Yeah! LOL that would not be good.. Hey stanger, I just got my BBK 70MM TB.. It's friggn awesome! PM ME.



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