Seized front shock bolts
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Drifting
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Il
Time for new shocks on my '92 daily driver.
Went to remove the lower two (2) bolts on the passenger side and found that they had seized up. 45min. later, I had one bolt out and the other one I had snapped the head off.
When I installed the new one's, I used some anti-seize.
I have never heard of this before, but I guess with the two (2) different metals....
Went to remove the lower two (2) bolts on the passenger side and found that they had seized up. 45min. later, I had one bolt out and the other one I had snapped the head off.
When I installed the new one's, I used some anti-seize.
I have never heard of this before, but I guess with the two (2) different metals....
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: Cincinnati, Oh USA
Water by capillary action sits in the thread gap space and rust welds the bolt to the A arm. Your application of anti seize will greatly extend the service life of these machine screws. So why didn't the factory do it?
