Kenova wrote:Take it from someone who has a tendency to do things the hard way -- Buy the freeze plugs and hole saw! Especially if you want to do it on the car.
I also have hated buying hole saws because I figure I'll never use them again, but of the dozen or so hole saws I have only one was used just once. That one was used to cut a new hole for a toilet so probably doesn't count in our world.
Ken
So I ordered a hole saw and a 1.5" freeze plug. I ordered a 2 1/16" hole saw on the advice of another Vega enthusiast. However, it was too small. 2 1/16" is the exact diameter of the balljoint sleeve. That would work well if I wanted to butt the sleeve up to the bottom of the lower control arm and weld it underneath. That is not what I was shooting for. I would recommend a bigger hole saw, but what size exactly I don't know.
I ended up dremmeling/ filing so much away that using the hole saw was basically a waste of money. Maybe we can see what everyone who used this method had success with and dial it in for the next reader. Which way did you install the sleeve and what size hole saw did you use?