Steering damper stud problems

dale5150

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So I started to replace my steering damper and got the old one off. New one went on until I tried to torque the castle nut down. Stripped it and now the new one is stuck in the drag link. I have heard that some people re use the original bolt from the old damper. How do you get it out? Is a tapered bolt even necessary?
 
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If the nut and bolt threads are stripped, you'll have to cut the nut off and buy a new steering damper mounting bolt.