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Attempting to lower my rear beam but the Arb is siezed pretty well, tried winding a bolt and it stripped the threads, don't have a slide hammer either.
Any way of lowering it without removing the Arb?
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which side? should be doing the ths, with the correct threaded bolt
you can lower without removing arb yes.
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One side the threads are completely corroded and the one I tried just stripped, was the correct thread on the bolt, but it stripped, how would I go about lowering without removing the Arb?
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You cant arb has to be removed. If its that bad likely that the beam is shagged as well anyway.
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you dont need to remove the arb to lower.
what thread were you using?
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Majority of arbs that I've tried to remove with a bolt have been useless, stick as big a diameter of a punch that you can fit in and a couple of good heavy thumps and it will come out.
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Depending on the year of the axle some flags used m12x1.5 and from what ive come across the later axles used a m12.1.75
But there is no need to remove it to lower it.
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How do you get the torsion bars out without removing arb? I thought arb plate is in the way. Obviously I could be wrong and as Stef is saying it I probably am.
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Gave up in the end, think my beam is goosed any way because it looks like there is some camber on the back!
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(08-04-2015, 02:21 PM)Stef205 Wrote: (08-04-2015, 01:34 PM)bashbarnard Wrote: How do you get the torsion bars out without removing arb? I thought arb plate is in the way. Obviously I could be wrong and as Stef is saying it I probably am.
Just turn the flag so it's out of your way, it's very accessible with them out the way
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