[DML] Re: Symptoms of bad TA bolts

["ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "d_rex_2002" <rich@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Harry,
> 
> I would recommend reviewing Post 46068 by Joe Kuchan, echoing the
> advice of David T. and others.  This is not a very easy job if all
> does not go well.  Joe's son Peter has a very nice, low mileage 
> Delorean and we had one bolt that we could not remove with a 40 ton
> press and we had the luxury of using a lift.  I guess if we had a
> torch, we may have gotten it out but I almost doubt it.  Luckily
> we had a spare trailing arm to replace the one with the stuck bolt
> but it turned into at least a good half day job (on a 5-speed).

Right, but that's just one side of the coin. I pulled the bolts on my
'81 somewhere between 50k-55k miles - they came out very easily. After
removing the nuts and such I just pulled 'em out with my fingers. No
problem at all. They were in great condition, but I put Toby TABs in
anyway.

-Ryan








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