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well, my $90 brake job now has a new total(and is yet to be complete)

Pads & Rotors - $90
Control Arm - $35
Large Torx Bits - $10
new bolt - $2
Set of Easy outs to rplace the one i broke(which broke anyway) - $12
Mapp Gas Torch - $30

i think thats it until tomorrow

allthis becasue of one fuggin bolt.
my car has been on jack-stands since monday
i bent the rear contrl arm
i broke the control arm bolt
i broke two easy-outs
cant get teh second broken E-O out of the bolt
can't get the spindle out of the car

then....
broke two of my roomates wine glasses
broke the refridgerator door handle

i cant wait to see what happens next!
i stopped work on the car tonight (even though i got nowhere) becasue i have this feelin gthat the next time i crawl under the car its gonna fall on me

and to think two more days and...10 months and counting!

wouldnt be surprised if the van broke down on me tomorrow

uhh
do you want me to come down tomorrow and help with anything???
seriously
even if I just stand there and tell you not to break stuff, I will come down.
I would especially like to help you do Stacey's car too to hurry up and get that project out of the way so you can finish your own stinking car.
don't be a man and turn away my offer, else I'll kick ya in the nuts

don't touch yourself

the bolt that broke.... the head broke off it?

and the other end, it threads into something? In other words it doesn't have a nut?

If it doesn't have a nut, but the other end of the bolt is exposed and accessible from the other side of the hole its in, locate the center of the bolt, center punh it and drill it out, threads and all with a drill bit the same size or alightly small than the diameter of the bolt. Then when you get the bolt out install a heili-coil to restore the threads. When you drill the bolt out start with a small pilot drill about 1/8 or a little larger and work up in size gradually. Run the drill slow because the bolt is hard and be sure to use plenty of oil/coolant. I like to use WD40.

Jay makes everything sound so easy...

yeah he does...

my next project is to get the broken easy-out...uhh..out.
it stuck

i thought about the whole heli-coil approach
was gonna check here at work today to see whatthey have for me.

it just sucks!!