my panhard bar snapped. i ordered a new after market one but i cant get the old one out. on one side i got the nut off but the rubber bushing must have fused itself to the bolt. i gave it some serious blows with the BFH ( big f*cking hammer ) but it didnt budge. its kind of close to the gas tank but if it comes down to it i'll heat it up. anybody else ever have this problem? thanx

 

*BTT*

can anyone help - I'm having the exact same problem, and I would like to find a solution that doesn't involve a torch (as I dont have one available). Any good suggestions???

 

spray some wd-40 in there and try getting it to budge with the car both on and off the ground.

 

Keep spraying it with WD as mentioned previously, try to rurn the bold with a wrench to get the rubber bushing unstuck from the bolt.
Work the panhard bar back and forth as much as possible as well...

 

There's a steel bushing inside the rubber bushing which has likely seized to the bolt. Unfortunately WD-40 will only make the steel bushing rotate inside the rubber easier. About the only way to get it off is to either grind or cut the head off the bolt then replace with a new bolt.

Pete

 

I've been hitting the bolt from both ends with PB Blaster and praying If it doesn't loosen up in the next few days, I'm going to have to pay someone to do it

 

u can do it 2 ways a saw zaw or a air hammer i use the air hammer

 

i ended up using the sawzall it took a few hours and a few blades and a few cuts but it worked when nothing else did

 

YUP air hammer....The steel sleeve and bolts rust and sort of fuse into 1 piece***sorry Im not a chemist so Im not using the proper terminology***..

But with mine I had to use an Air hammer and it EVENTUALLY started to shake and break free...It helps as you use the air hammer to Hit it occasionally with WD 40 or compresseed air to free the RUst and metal as it breaks free...

Luckily GM still Carries those BOLTS.... I used a TON of anti sieze on mine when reassembling with the new bolts...

 

Had the same problem with my torque arm bolts. I was taking out the rear end, and had to pull the whole damn thing out as one piece. I then had to literaly lay on it with my impact wrench for 45 minutes - I'm not kidding you, I pissed off the neighbors that day ...

BTW: I have a local hardware store that carries nothing but grade 8's in every size, from 1/4 all the way up to 1/2 with that gold rust coating. So I replaced every damn one of those bolts on the rear suspension. They do get pricey on the bigger sizes though.

Ron

 

i dont know a wholew lot about suspension so im just going to ask, what does a panhard bar do.. and what does it look like.. pics?

 

I dont know if this has been resolved, but the way I got mine out was to grind off the head of the bolt and keep putting washers under the nut and tightening it to draw it out. Even that took awhile. I don't know if it would work on the drivers side, on mine the bolt was reverse of the pass side.

 

Well, the shop doing my alignment had a nice new 1200 lb/ft air gun system installed recently

It was either going to break it free, or just plain break it, and they got it out - bastids charged me $50 to do it though