 These end links are retarded!, stripped... rusted... ugh! |
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 Feb 22, 2004 - 4:33 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Nov 25, '03 From Mizzeri Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Well, trying to replace the rear struts so I can send my old ones out to Koni, and, of course, the lame @ss end link rounds out the Allen socket. *throws up hands in disgust* Whoever designed these should be... *insert torture of your choice*
Looks like now I am going to have to wait until next week to get the last strut out (I did 3 of the 4... of course it was the last one that cr@pped on me), since it will take most of the week to get mine for Toyota. Needed to vent. |
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Feb 23, 2004 - 9:24 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Dallas, Tx Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
That sucks man. I had a similar experience when I swapped my brakes....I had to cut everything off.
Does missouri put a lot of salt on the roads in the winter? I know that contributed greatly to all of my stuff seizing up. I had that car in kansas for 4 years. So how does the car handle with 3 new struts and one old one? Kind of 'stock car' style...like running a little bit of wedge. 
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Feb 23, 2004 - 1:58 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 25, '03 From Mizzeri Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I haven't had the car for very long... couple of months. I drove to Cleveland to get the car, and it is up there in the Great Lakes area. No signs of body rust, but as I get into it, I am finding that a lot of the suspension is rusted. Not terrible, mind you, but potentially very annoying.
*rolls eyes* It is the weirdest handling thing on the planet right now, would be my guess. *Maybe if someone wrapped a Geo Metro around a tree and it somehow still ran it would give me a run for my money, but otherwise.... It isn't really the struts that are giving me the handling greif, it is the bolts. I am running 2 3-dot crash bolts up front, and I haven't cinched them down, because I am wanting them really tight (like 120 ft/lbs or so) so they won't slip. Well, since the nuts and bolts get pretty stressed when you do that, I was just going to drive it to the alignment place and set it once and forget it... but now I can't (won't) get it aligned until I get the struts done. End result is that the car is wandering around because there is SO much play from those bolts. I can turn the wheel 45 degrees either way before the slop comes out of the suspension and the wheels start to turn. It is whacky (kinda fun, I will admit). Not something I would want to count on in an emergency, but hopefully safe until next Monday when I can get all the parts in and get it to an alignment shop. Fun Fun. |
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