16" arches and possibly a new world recor

Lee,

You got it in one, break the studs off and there's not much to re attach them with. If you take your time, lots of WD40 and really take your time. There are ways around fitting them back on, drilling extra holes in the metal arch so that you can then use self tapping screws from the inside of the arch and screw into the trim. The other is to just bond them back on. None are ever going to be as neat as the original system.

Front suspension arms can be a nightmare. I spent as long if not longer getting one front arm off my 16 as the bottom bolt actually sheared off leaving the majority of the bolt in situ. I had to remove the shocker and arm together and then spent several hours in the workshop cut either side of the shocker the remove it and then drilled out the remains of the bolt from the arm. After all that, when I pressed out the bottom balljoint, the arm split as the balljoint moved and I had to throw the arm away afterall! Grrrr... CJ came to the rescue with another bottom arm.

When you re-assemble, use lots of coppergrease on everything, then atleast you know it'll come apart again!

Good luck.

MG