On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> oh ............THOSE.
> yes, I had a real problem with some of those.....
> on a van             ( an  83.......same animal , at least in the suspension

Thanks Jake and Scott.

Yah sorry. The image is of the driver side. It's the passenger side
that has the snapped nut.

I started there first. All 3 nuts loosened easily, then a few turns on
one and "snap". Actually the metal might be relatively soft. It wasn't
so much a snap as a kind of "schmoosh" when it broke.

On the driver side, I turned a bolt and it feels close to snapping.

Maybe there's a way to press them out. In hindsight, at least for the
driver side, I should have looked into pressing out the lower BJ while
in situ as opposed to trying to remove the bolts. Not sure if that can
be done.

Oh well. This is how we learn! IF by some stroke of genius I find a
way, I'll post it for sure.

With any luck, maybe someone else has found a way?

(he asked rhetorically)

Neil.