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Have some questions about how to achive better handling and stopping power using different springs, upgrading to coilovers, questions on swaybars, bushings, different rotors, pads, ect... Having any steering problems or questions about steering racks, tie rods, tie rod ends, ect... ask these questions here.
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Post by aceler88 » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:25 am

sheared a lug off the car today while i was doing some work, shouldn't have forced it after i realized that the nut wasn't sitting right... o well another project for the weekend besides putting my new bumper on.

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Post by Diablo0 » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:09 am

They aren't that hard to fix... no biggie. I've had about 5 break on me so far...

http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=11 ... wheel+stud
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Post by aceler88 » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:04 am

thanks . . . i wasn't worried about it considering i am taking off the rototrs to have them cut anyway so its all going to be apart

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Post by aceler88 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:39 am

installed the new lug stud, put on some new rotors and pads and to add some insult to injury no i get a clicking sound when i step on the brake and the squek is worse than ever... ideas

thanks
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Post by yellowpatrol » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:30 am

aceler88 wrote:installed the new lug stud, put on some new rotors and pads and to add some insult to injury no i get a clicking sound when i step on the brake and the squek is worse than ever... ideas

thanks
Installed brake pads backwards? Caliper isn't totally in position?
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Post by aceler88 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:01 pm

no i checked all of that out thanks...im just going to rip everything back apart tomorrow
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