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Offline fogster

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Front Lower Arms
« on: 03 August 2012, 01:00 »
Going to replace the front lower suspension arms on my GTI 8V is it ok to re use the bolts or do any need replacing?

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Offline Rmachines

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Re: Front Lower Arms
« Reply #1 on: 03 August 2012, 09:58 »
I would have spare bolts ready for the bottom ball joint, they bolt into a plate with three nuts welded on, often they break off.  Unless your arms come with these,  or you have new joints as they should come with the bolts.

The two big bolts are fine to reuse.
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