10/21/2009 11:31:37 PM

just put a new control arm on it. id rather spend the extra $30 and not have to torch the old fucker out

10/21/2009 11:35:17 PM

it's stuck in the pinch joint in the hub

which first, i had to drill out the bolt holding it in because the bolt head snapped off

and once i got the bolt drilled out, the pinch joint cracked on the hub


i have a spare, which has the retaining bolt head snapped off also (by the previous owner)

10/21/2009 11:40:02 PM

damn what kinda car is this? ball joints have always been trivial, but it sounds liek you have some extra hurdles to jump through

10/21/2009 11:44:11 PM

subaru 2.5RS

10/21/2009 11:47:36 PM

i will be buying front wheel bearings, removing both front hubs and finding some fire for that ass in the morning

10/21/2009 11:55:30 PM

C'mon Ray...can't be THAT bad can it?

10/22/2009 12:13:33 AM

I hate suspension work, especially on yankee cars.

10/22/2009 12:53:30 AM

yankee cars= fuck that

front end work= ilove it

10/22/2009 12:59:37 AM

If ever you want to sell that 2.5RS, LMK.

On a contributive note, YOU CAN DO IT! PERSEVERE! PERSEVERE!

10/22/2009 9:09:16 AM

sorry, you're gonna have to find your own

this is my rally/track whore

10/22/2009 11:39:14 PM

10/23/2009 8:25:09 AM

that doesn't sound pleasant, i think i'll stick to sheep and goats

10/23/2009 8:34:44 AM

been there, done that

10/23/2009 9:51:05 AM

did you ever get it apart?

10/27/2009 7:12:56 AM

yah, connected it to the A-arm and strut and 10 or 12 smacks with the BFH took care of it

10/27/2009 5:02:06 PM

how'd you get the bolt out?

10/28/2009 2:36:49 PM

put the hub in a vice and cut the bolt in half at the pinch joint, then drilled the threaded side out and tapped the bolt shaft out

took like 45 minutes

10/31/2009 3:45:12 AM

those bolts are soft as hell, i noticed that last time i had to do the same thing, a dull ass hss bit will cut it like butter

11/2/2009 11:24:40 AM