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I have the same sort of problem. The part on the suspension in the front(I think it is called lower controlling arm) that holds the bottom of the shock, My bolt sort of snapped short...well it is being held on there, but I would like to be a little more sure about it. How would I replace this, do they make a replacment arm? Does anyone have a part number for this? Thanks Grant 69 Fastback --- CAD Man <vwtrav@vwherb.com> wrote: > >I went to replace the shocks on my Squareback > today, > >and found a terrible sight. Both the front shocks > have > >disintegrsted onto the lower shock mounts. > > I ran into this same problem (I'm assuming you are > meaning that the bushing > on the lower shock is fused to the stud) Don't > bother with heat, 3 days > straight of PB Blaster doesn't touch it and please > don't bang on it, it > would suck big ones to have that stud come loose. > Get your handy dandy > Dremel with a carbon cutoff wheel (if you don't have > a Dremel (or type) tool > then you can't work on an old car :) and cut a split > in the bushing in both > sides, be careful not to cut into the stud, then > with a cold chisel you can > spread it open till it will just come off. > > Believe me I struggled for a couple of days with > this till I saw the light, > and then had both of them off in about 15 minutes. > > >the right top bolt seems to have been replaced with > an oversize unit, > >that seems to have damaged the threads, it does > snug > >up. However that bolt wont go thru the new shock!! > >What do I do? Can I dap and die the bolt on top? Do > I > >need a new front end? AARRGGGHH!!!Help, Ken > > I don't think you need a new front end but you may > need to either bore out > the shock a little (depending on how much bigger, > I'm not sure how good of > an idea this is) or maybe even get a save-a-thread > or helicoil to make the > proper bolt go back in (I don't know how well this > one will work > either...someone else??) > > Good Luck, > Travis > '66 Fastback > www.t3.vwherb.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org > Subj=subscribe > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/