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Originally Posted by A1337STI
Perfect, so i was doing things in the wrong order ... D'oh
thanks, that order does make sense now that i think about it. I was replacing the spindle at the same time due to a bad wheel bearing, and having a stack of spindles with "better" bearings
Ya i would think the 02 Torque specs will be good.
So What do i do about the bolt that won't go back in? use a Tap to chase the threads, and avoid the rattle gun to put it back in?
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If it's just the few starting threads that are chewed up, you should be okay to clean the bolt and chassis up with a tap and die. But if the whole thing is stripped, well, you may be looking at drilling it out and using a heal-a-coil, or you might need to cut the car open and weld in a new backing plate with a new captured nut or something.
Oh, and there's basically never a situation where you should be using an impact wrench during re-assembly. Those are for taking things apart. Period.