On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, david wrote:
> ...Also the lower A-arm bolts are in from the incorrect
> side - incorrect that is, if you want to remove them without taking the
> whole suspension subassembly off! The bolts are too long to slip out of
> the bushings without hitting the subassembly. The lower A-arms must have
> been put on during manufacture before the subassembly, which allowed
> some sly worker to put the bolts in anyway he chose. I think he was a
> prankster looking far into the future!
Or maybe it was an intent of the design, so that a lost nut wouldn't
result in a bolt going completely away and letting the suspension collapse?
> So I'm going to have to cut
> those bolts to avoid the hassle of removing the subassembly and all that
> entails.
Or you could remove the whole subassembly. It's not that involved.
> jack up the engine under the oil sump, replace the motor mounts, and
> then jack the transmission tail up and replace those mounts?
That'll do just fine!
--Andy
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