The Bitchass Steering Stabalizer
I finally replaced my stock steering stabilizer, another mod that should have taken 10 minutes and ended up taking almost 1 hour. Tapered fittings suck ass to break loose, especially when you don't know they're there. I took of the castle nut and noticed another "nut" molded in the middle of the piston end bolt. The fucker wouldn't budge (duh) so I got out the mallet to help it along. That's when one tooth on the wrench gave way sending the bastard right by my head. So I called BlueBalz who said, "it's a tapered fitting dumbass!!" Thanks fucker, where the hell were you 10 minutes ago? Turns out a pickle fork is the best way to break it free, a nifty little item I don't have and couldn'g go buy cause it was late at night and the fucking parts stores were all closed. The only solution, grab a hammer and beat the fucking hell out of the drag link until the piston bolt breaks loose. I'm not exagerating when I say "beat the fucking hell out of it". I was lying on my side, drawing the hammer back over my head with both hands, and beating that fucker like it was Osama Bin Laden. So the moral of the story is, get a pickle fork unless you need to cut loose a whole lot of anger.... |
