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I have some cusco coilovers on my stagea and i need to go over the pits,

i borrowed some 260rs suspension for my rs4s,

Now the bolts are too tight for me to undo with a ratchet, and i have no access to a rattle gun or a hoist so i have to use the yellow pages to boost my car up to raise the car.

I have adjusted one side of the car and counted the amount of thread that i used and it looks good on the back left, when i go to do the back right i have almost doubled the ammount of thread and its still sitting lower then the other side.

Any idea's

or anyone in perth got a hoist and a rattle gun i can use,

Ill throw in a carton for you :/

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I think hes talking about the lower bolt that actually holds the strut to the bottom of the car? If so correct size socket and a good breaker bar and if that doesnt work.... you need a bigger breaker bar.

yeah, well im pretty dam scared of shearing the bolt which will be totally helpfull, think i might go get a aircompressor and a rattle gun..

using a rattle gun will only strip it faster. like others have said, big breaker and a rubber mallet and it'll come loose.

well managed to undo the bolt with a massive amount of force,

my girlfriend helped me, who knew girls were so good at fetching tools for you hey :P

So stock suspension is in the rear, will do the fronts tonight, replace the blown parking blub in the morning and then go to the pits.

DEFINENTLY taking it to a suspension place to get my coilovers put back in

As others have said - go to Repco and get a 600mm Breaker bar for like $60 or so

think of how much greif this has cost you , easily worth $60 to do it right the 1st time

I have a rattle gun and compressor but me and my breaker bar can get nuts off that the Rattle gun just does SFA to .

( it IS a cheap rattle gun in all fairness but I prefer the control of a breaker bar )

To remove stubborn nuts: soak in CRC, WD40 or other penetrating oil overnight. Then with a hammer whack the flats of the nut as hard as possible without rounding or damaging them. Then use a power bar with a short length of pipe if necesary!

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