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wtf

i got a 2000 cherokee thats pretty clean and shit. well my back shocks are going bad so i copped some new ones, and the steering stabilizer is close to being shot so i grabbed one.

its been slow at work so i figured i should start trying to do more mechanical shit.

worst decision of my life.

i can't get the steering stabilizer out to save my life. the side that bolts to the frame came out stupid easy, but i also used the last of the pb blaster i had on it prior, thinking the side that goes in the steering shaft or whatever the fuck its called would come out easy since its not threaded. wrong. i got the cotter pin out of it and bent a fucking wrench trying to break it loose. on some superman shit. it was a cheapo shop wrench though, so i grabbed my good craftsmen one and tried again, torched it and wd40'd it which is shit compared to pb blaster. but i broke the entire bolt off.

so basically their is an unthreaded bolt type deal stuck in the shaft thing.

i torched it, greased it, torched it. fucking beat on it, used some pitman puller thing on it, everything, nothing budged it. so i said fuck it and tried drilling it out.

destroyed the air drill. bearing or something went out in it. it was some harbor freight trash though, shop tool, i don't have one. made some more progress with an electric drill, maybe since it was slower it cuts into steel better? i dunno, but i drilled almost all the way through it , but its still in there. because its shaped like a V sorta. so the sides are still stuck/fused and its just got a hole up through the middle. but word air hammers sledge hammers etc, nothing is touching it.

i think if i took the bar off i'd probably have to get an alignment? itd be easier to beat on it that way, assuming the bolts holding it in don't snap too lol.

long story not short, since i just told it all, fuck it. im not even touching the back shocks.

monday i'm limping it to an actual mechanic. my body is destroyed. from pushing and yanking and wacking shit. im gonna stick to body work. refer to thread title.