Moonlight GSX
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- Nov 16, 2010
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Hagerman,
Idaho
Alright I've looked everywhere else on the site and I want to know the likelyhood of something going wrong, like the rest of my car come to give me. Anyways, here's the situation: I'm changing out my knuckles/A-arms out with ones that have the 130mm caliper gap that is used for the Evo VIII brakes, but I've heard "horror" stories about replacing the two joints that sit under the knuckle itself which are the lateral control arm and the other I have forgotten the name. What do you think the likelyhood of the bolts snapping off into the chassis if I remove them with some WD-40 and either an impact or a "cheater" bar? As I don't really feel like trying to have them machined out... but I want to do this on my own so any takes as to what my chances are? The car doesn't have much rust and is actually in pretty good condition, although a few of the things I have replaced in that same area did take come muscle but after trying a bit they did move and I hope this would be the same... any help would greatly be appreciated - preferrably someone who has done it to a car that has previously sat in a "grassy noll."