Really? Another Miata thread....

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And another update. TL;DR I'm a lucky man today. It gon be k.

Started on passenger side tonight. This was the opposite of the "stuck" bolt. The passenger side came out with no issue. Phew. The bolt has about two tiny starting to cross thread threads but nothing to worry about new OE bolt I ordered should fit right in without issue.

Passenger is luckily clean





I then confirmed what was told to me about bottom strut mounting spacing and pieces.



All good news so far.

I sprayed penetrating oil before I started working on passenger side into the stuck bolt on the driver's side. I left the car on the ground and did a quick few turns of tighten and loosen. I jacked the car up on driver's and sprayed some more. I took a break and cleaned the garage a little. Came back and did another loosen as far as I could. I sprayed penetrating oil in and tightened as far as I could. I then loosened until it got tough again and kept going as much as I could with my 1/2" normal socket wrench. Broke out the 15" breaker and it took about a turn before it didn't give that tight feeling. Was able to easily loosen after that with the normal wrench.

Aftermath of bolt:



Lucky again........

Aftermath of shock mounts looks a little rougher in pictures than it looks in person. Going to be getting a tap and hand tool to clean it up. Should be fine in the end... Phew.