Finally done my rear diff 12 plate upgrade.

What a PITA getting under a car! I'm about to throw up...

 

[QUOTE=killerpenguin21;10717684im so damn aggrevated i found that stretched bolt, i guess maybe there is a chance it was like that from the factory, but i doubt it since i would seriously hope the previous owner/person that installed the suspension would have replaced that. it also enrages me that every time i work on a used car it seems like im the only person that knows about this great invention called anti seize. how does any self respecting driveway mechanic not coat any bolt they remove with that ****?

/end rant for today[/QUOTE]

Dude, no alignment bolts on our car are tapered like that, thing is wasted. Do yourself a favor and just replace all the align bolts for rear. I did it on my car. They get chewed up after a few years of alignments. Keep the old ones as spares in case you get in a bind like now. I doubt dealer will have them in stock, got mine from Fred Beans and they had to order them for me.

 

*they're

Correct, rear lower control arm have spherical bearing. the shock mount on the lower control arm is not.

I doubt that bolt was stretched from over torque. ive worked on cars for over 20 years and have never seen one like that. They usually break at the head before that happens. Its more likely it was a defect. but ive been wrong before.

 

I overstretched a bolt before and it doesn't look as pretty as that lol

 

I like my bolts like my women

long, skinny where it matters, and stretched out

 

I've stretched many wheel studs, from repeated swapping wheels torquing, but none of them looked like that.

 

all other bolts were fine, coincidentally the shock bolt on the side with that fahked bolt was either rusted or super over tightened also, as it took A LOT of force to loosen. other side came out fine with my 200ft/lb electric impact.

i had one alignment done last year, and the guy said everything moved smoothely except the pass front camber bolt...tomorrow i get to find out how seized that is.

 

what's the deal with this track. looks like EMRA is having several events there this year. the track looks interesting, lots of tight turns and elevation changes. reminds me of Shenandoah.

http://www.nysafetytrack.com/gallery

 

ill be going, its just under 2 hours from my parents house, and it definitely looks fun. i believe they are pretty on schedule with the build. my only concern was the amount of trees close by, but there was a post on their facebook page end of summer saying that paving was done but they still had to lay all the curbing and get rid of a lot of trees, because keep in mind it was originally designed to be a motorcycle track. as far as i know EMRA is the only group with time there this year.

 

i wouldn't mind trying that track out but definitely need more curbing and run off. but it's 4.5 hours drive for me.

 

Safety track don't look so safe to me... Are trees supposed to hurt less when you're on two wheels?

 

The trees represent real world conditions, ie. if you crash, you die. Best way to promote riding safety.

 

Wood is softer than steel barriers. Hence, safer.

 

When headed towards a steel barrier, you're almost guaranteed to hit it.

When headed towards trees, you have a greater chance of driving between them and hitting nothing.

It's safer. It's science. It's NY Safety Track.

 

Chu let me know he would bananas