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Topic subjectRE: Major Problem..
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32178, RE: Major Problem..
Posted by Locke_db, Dec-31-69 06:00 PM
If the nut is removed, and you cannot get it out of the bushing, then don't bother with an impact wrench. The rubber bushing will absorb nearly 100% of the shock from the impact wrench - after all, that is what the bushing is designed to do. The bolt shank has seized to the steel sleeve in the bushing. I had the same problem on both sides of my car. One side I actually got to come out, here's how:

Driggs recommended I try some Freeze-Off stuff to contract the bolt within the sleeve. I used a lot of this, which by itself did not help. I bought it at one of my local auto-parts retailers.

I placed a breaker bar and 6 point shallow socket on the head of the bolt.

On the other end, I placed a stud extractor on the threads and another breaker bar.

I then attempted to lift the car off the jacks with both breakers. The bushing will flex around to the end of its travel and all applied torque will be going through the seized joint between bolt and bushing sleeve. Hopefully, (as it did on one side of my car) it will shear lose, and you will be able to knock the bolt out with a hammer or air-hammer.


On the other side of my car, I attempted the same technique, which resulted in my shearing the bushing in two. After I destroyed the bushing, I used a saw to cut the bolt between the shock fork and bushing on either side of the bushing, and slid it out. To repair, either purchase a new lateral arm (like $30 from JNZ, if I recall correctly) or just build a new bushing, as I did.

Torn bushing:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/X1YLLoBWp2zwY4ouijFGjg?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnNgYuo1enBPA&feat=directlink

Homemade replacement:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mwzpI0VDwgdvrHcDSEpgTQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnNgYuo1enBPA&feat=directlink
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