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Joe Calareso (308man)
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Username: 308man
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 7:06 pm: | |
I used a whole shaft flex extension and didn't have a problem tightening down the bolts |
Tom Gehring (Tomg)
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Username: Tomg
Post Number: 8
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 31, 2003 - 10:23 pm: | |
When you say flex extension do you mean the knuckle type, or the type where the whole shaft flexes?
That's a pretty steep angle you come at from the rubber flaps. Can you get much torque on the bolts? |
Joe Calareso (308man)
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Username: 308man
Post Number: 2
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 4:52 pm: | |
Tom,
The easiest way to install bolts is to use a magnetized flex extension attached to a solid extension (to give you the length) on 1/4" ratchet and go through top of bumper where rubber flaps are near each tailight.
joe |
Mike Charness (Mcharness)
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Username: Mcharness
Post Number: 390
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 4:37 pm: | |
If I remember correctly, I had to use a small open end wrench coming in through the rubber flap from the top for those attachment bolts so near the bumper, when I took mine off to do some exhaust work. Slightly tedious, but it was in no way a show stopper on my '84 QV. |
Tom Gehring (Tomg)
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Username: Tomg
Post Number: 6
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 3:53 pm: | |
Dumb question time. How do you access the bolts below the rear bumper to remove/install the rear exhaust shroud on a 308?
I�m taking the opportunity, while Minnesota winter slowly gives way spring, to do some work on the 308 that I�ve been meaning to do for years. The previous owner of the car must have gone up a very steep driveway or backed over a parking curb because the bottom of the shroud had been mashed in pretty badly. When I went to remove the shroud I found that there was very little clearance between the bottom of the bumper and the top of the shroud to get at the top bolts that attach the shroud to the body. Since the bottom was mashed in I assumed that the mounting brackets were bent and that there would be sufficient clearance when I had everything straight again. So I just use some wooden wedges to open the clearance up removed the bolts with a socket wrench and extension. Well after a week of evenings working with the body hammers and dollies I seem to have the shroud straight and true, but when I hold it back up against the car and line up the bolt holes I still only have something between a half and a quarter of an inch of space. Not enough to get a socket and extension past without bending the whole valence down again. I hate to do that to a freshly straightened and power coated panel.
Any help or guidance appreciated. BTW that car is an �83QV
Tom
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