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Hard nuts to get to
I had a heck of a time trying to unbolt the front and rear a-arms on both my
4KQs.
The nuts on the a-arm pivot bolt are almost impossible to get to. There is a
small slot
cut into the a-arm, so that you can just get a open-ended wrench and grip
the nuts while using another wrench on the pivot bolt to loosen or tighten
it.
The slot in the a-arm is too small to fit either a 1/2" or 3/8' socket, and
even
if you can wiggle the socket in there, there is no way to get the socket
wrench
attached to the socket.
I have already replaced all the a-arm inner bushings on both my rally
Quattro and
regular street Quattro (16 bushings in total !!!), so it is a bit of a mute
point now.
But I would like to find a tool or trick to getting to that nut, so that if
ever I bent an -a-arm
on my rally car, I can change it fairly quickly of the side of a gravel road
at 2:00AM in
sub-zero temperatures !!!!
Is there a special tool or trick to this ?
gerry