Need lowering help!!
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Heel & Toe
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Need lowering help!!
Hello tonight I went to lower my 97 corvette. When I got the wheel off I put a jack under the leaf spring to release some pressure and went and put a 10mm socket on the bolt that lowers the front end and it's stripped. Not sure how I think it was tampered with before now I can not get the bolt to turn it just keeps striping the bolt. What do I do? I really want to lower my car. I'm hoping I'm not screwed out of lowering it. If any one has any advice I would be great full thanks.
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You are not screwed yet. Where there's a will there's a way. Mine were froze big time when I went to lower mine. I actually let it go for about a year before I took the spring out so I could get to the bolts from the bottom. I soaked them with almost everything under the sun but it didn't help in my case before I had to take the spring out. When I got the spring out I used a vise to hold the bolt bottom and used the sping as my lever. Came loose pretty easliy that way. Hope you're not in the same boat I was in but if the bolt head is stripped out already then I am assuming they are corroded in pretty good. Try soaking them with some good penetrant and let it soak for a day or so. Good luck.
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Heel & Toe
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Tonight I got one of the front bolts to move and I adjusted it I sprayed it with wd40 and put vice grips on it and wiggled it a lot and it finally went and I got the front passenger side adjusted. I had the drivers side sprayed with wd40 and when I put the socket on it striped so I used vice grips and I can not get it to budge at all! So I sprayed it again and I plan on spraying it In the morning and try the vice grips again tomarow night. Any advice? Also the front sat before at 27 3/8ths now it's not too much lower at all will it get lower? I haven't even tried lowering the back yet either hope that's not as hard
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Would be really nice if the dealers just would have lowered them during set-up for delivery like they were supposed to do. Oh well, we are talking about dealerships. Most of them are so busy trying to rob, rape, and pillage their customers that they cannot be expected to read the set-up materials for the cars I guess!!!!!! 
How many people found the stuffers still in the shocks years later on the cars with ride control?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Dealers SUCK!!!!!!!!!!
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How many people found the stuffers still in the shocks years later on the cars with ride control?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Dealers SUCK!!!!!!!!!!
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Tonight I got one of the front bolts to move and I adjusted it I sprayed it with wd40 and put vice grips on it and wiggled it a lot and it finally went and I got the front passenger side adjusted. I had the drivers side sprayed with wd40 and when I put the socket on it striped so I used vice grips and I can not get it to budge at all! So I sprayed it again and I plan on spraying it In the morning and try the vice grips again tomarow night. Any advice? Also the front sat before at 27 3/8ths now it's not too much lower at all will it get lower? I haven't even tried lowering the back yet either hope that's not as hard
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Heel & Toe
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So tomarow night if the bolt don't turn after soaking it with pb blaster for a few days should I tap the bolt out through the bottom? I herd some people do it before but what would I have to do to get it back in if I ever wanted to?