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Drilling Bushings Larger????

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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 09:45 AM
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I installed a 4.5" rusty's lift on my 99 XJ and the upper control arms seem to have alittle slack in them. I used the correct size metric bolts btw
(not 3/8).

My question is can I drill them out a hair bigger to 7/16 without any issues?


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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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you put the factort bolts back in right
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 09:53 AM
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id call rustys and ask wats up with the bushing hole dia
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