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Old Mar 1, 2015 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Kingkong0192
To deal with the bolt being too long to get by the radiator mount i just pushed it out as far as i could, cut the bolt with an angle grinder, then air hammered the rest of the bolt out. Put the new bolt in with the nut facing the radiator support and that whole situation was dealt with.
I took the lower radiator mount off (while supporting the radiator with my hand), removed the bolt and put the mount back on. To install the bolt I did the same process. It took a little longer to get done but I kept the bolt at full length.
 
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