bad69rs
Nov 26th, 04, 08:01 PM
Can anyone tell me a good way to get the bolts out of the lower control arms. I have been beating and hammering and they wont move, I dont have a cutting torch or I would cut them, and anyway the rear bolt I coudnt get a torch to because its in the frame.. ANY ideas will help.. Thanks
dukemd66
Nov 26th, 04, 09:45 PM
I am assuming that the control arm is still attached to the subframe. I was fretting the same thing a few weeks ago. Mine were "threaded" into the bushing or something. I put some pressure on the nutside of the bolt and racheted the bolts right out. There was no way they were going to be pulled or slid out.
Rick
HwyStarJoe
Nov 27th, 04, 03:40 AM
They get rusted to the bushing sleeves.
Either try and soak the living poop out of them with PB Blaster and wait, or get a Saws-All and a couple Black & Decker metal cutting blades and cut them out. I ended up cutting one of mine out after hammering the crap out of it with a sledge.
JimM
Nov 27th, 04, 01:11 PM
I had to cut mine too... jus lay the blade on the bushing, as close to the frame rail as you can get, and let her rock. You can fix anything with duct tape and a sawzall!
bad69rs
Nov 28th, 04, 04:50 AM
Thanks guys, I bought a sawzall last night and I am cutting them out today.. Thanks for the info.. Ed