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    whatever you do use a 6 sided socket and a rattle gun
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sam_Q @ Nov 9 2007, 06:59 PM) </div>bummer dont have a rattle gun. y do u recommend using one? or is it just easier.

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    then I highly recommend getting one with a compressor. Rattle guns by the way they work undo/do up bolts by a series of shock loads which doesnt lend itself to rounding off a bolt the way a progresive load will. I cant explain well but a breaker bar will always round off a bolt before a rattle gun will.

    Does every else agree?
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    yes i do sam.

    and steering arm to the cross member?...wtf...you mean steering rack i hope.

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sam_Q @ Nov 9 2007, 07:09 PM) </div>
    ah ok, how much does just the rattle gun cost?

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    What ever you want to spend....

    Dirt cheap ones from under $100 to the sky is the limit ie around $200/$400

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    400? try $750 for a snap on 1/2" one

    or $1500"+ for cheap 3/4 and 1" ones

    get a full inch gun! weigh 25kg and sound like a light truck

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    dam well that what you get when people buy you presents then lie about the costs

    now that i think about it, 2nd hand may of been couple yrs ago

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    just get a cuting disc on a grinder and slice a line in the top of the bolt and take it out with a flat blade driver may work

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    Just dont use multi-sided sockets. 6 point socket FTMFW! If you round a bolt with a good qualit one of these your doing something wrong.

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