Re: [T3] Front Axle Troubles

[Chris J Valade <redyouth@juno.com>]

Jim, et. al.;

        First off: never mind all of my problems with getting the upper
right torsion arm out=\  I rotated it all the way clockwise, pulled,
wiggled a little, and it was free, this is also what I had to do to put
in and remove the upper left torsion arm.  Should it be like this, or
should it pull out with one smooth pull?
        I checked to see if I've got all 7 fasteners for the bars.  The
one I am missing for the lower arms is the hex head bolt on the fixed
end, and I believe the one I do have for the other bar is the wrong since
from what I can tell it is an SAE bolt, not metric, so it may also be too
short/long, etc. thus I want to replace both.  For the upper arms I am
missing the bolt on the right upper torsion arm, plus the setscrew on the
right upper torsion arm seems to be the wrong one since it is a 35mm
(that is if I measure the entire thing; if I am supposed to measure just
the threaded part it is about 30mm) and has a nut on it (I'm assuming
whoever put this hear knew it was the wrong length so they put the nut on
there to prevent it from being bolted too far in).
        Thanks to all of your continuing help it looks like I will have
my front end in driving condition and my engine put back together into a
much better state than it was when I found it by the end of this month or
very early next month which will allow me to finally move out of my
parents place=)  Plus, I will be able to let the towing company know of
how much they owe me, and how the damages they caused had occurred!  

Sincerely,
Christopher J. Valade

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