Re: [DML] re: battery ground lug (was sudden death)

[Soma576@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 4/5/04 1:49:56 PM Central Daylight Time, 
swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> How did you deal with this? I had a real problem recently when that 
> bolt was broken off (prior owner, ground was then relocated). It was 
> essentially impossible to get out the remaining piece of the bolt (no 
> where to get a drill in there). Did you get lucky and have it back 
> out with the nut? 

Dave and others,

as soon as i realized what i had done (when the bolt starts turning pretty 
easily after it had been pretty hard!!!) i took about ten minutes to assess the 
situation.  no way to get a drill in and i couldn't find another place to 
ground w/o drilling thru my already fragile frame.  so i sprayed even MORE PB 
Blaster all over the area and let it sit a bit, then i tried the nut on the other 
side (i never knew the back side of the trailing arm bracket was threaded) and 
luckily for me, the nut was seized to the stud so i was able to back it 
almost all the way out with a wrench until the nut bottomed out on the inside of 
the frame, still not totally unthreaded.  i briefly considered getting my dremel 
from home to cut off the nut and try to use vice-grips to turn the stud the 
rest of the way out, but that nut was the only hope i really had anyway.  i 
backed it out as far as i could, then stuck a pry bar up around it and gave it a 
hit, which popped it right out.  luckily the hardware store was open for 5 
more minutes so i could get a new nut and bolt!!!

if the nut weren't stuck to the stud, i have no idea what i would have done.  

Andy


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