Charlie207
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Replaced front and rear sway-bar bushings... Very fun.
Started the job a few days ago, and of course one of the bolts broke. Broke three drill bits, bought an extractor set that didn't work, burned up for or five more Harbor Freight drill bits, and generally did not enjoy myself. After four hours of drilling and drilling, I tapped the hole and finished the front.
I had spare M10 - 1.5 bolts, and ground a slit on one of them to make an ad-hoc tap because (surprise) my fantastic Harbor Freight metric tap and die set wasn't actually the correct size for this hole.
The rear took 10 minutes because none of the bolts snapped.
I wish I had ordered the end-links, but I'll probably get to those some other time; they didn't look bad, or feels loose. The bushings were pretty wallered out.
Started the job a few days ago, and of course one of the bolts broke. Broke three drill bits, bought an extractor set that didn't work, burned up for or five more Harbor Freight drill bits, and generally did not enjoy myself. After four hours of drilling and drilling, I tapped the hole and finished the front.
I had spare M10 - 1.5 bolts, and ground a slit on one of them to make an ad-hoc tap because (surprise) my fantastic Harbor Freight metric tap and die set wasn't actually the correct size for this hole.
The rear took 10 minutes because none of the bolts snapped.
I wish I had ordered the end-links, but I'll probably get to those some other time; they didn't look bad, or feels loose. The bushings were pretty wallered out.