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not sure, mine appeared not to have rust on them, yet on one side i had to take the whole upright

Posted by: visintainer [vis] on 2008-07-24 00:13:02
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In Reply to: What could make it so dam hard in there, I have banged on it , using that #2 seprtor and it wont bud posted by PinkShrimp on 2008-07-24 00:10:08

off the car so i can get a good smack with a hammer since the c/v boot can get in the way.

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yep, when i took mine out i used a long bolt and a hammer to drive the joint out - visintainer [vis] 2008-07-23 19:50:31 (44 views)

What could make it so dam hard in there, I have banged on it , using that #2 seprtor and it wont bud - PinkShrimp 2008-07-24 00:10:08 (46 views)

not sure, mine appeared not to have rust on them, yet on one side i had to take the whole upright - visintainer [vis] 2008-07-24 00:13:02 (44 views)

yeah the boot was getting in the way...hmm - PinkShrimp 2008-07-24 00:18:29 (40 views)

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