How did you guys get them out? The back ones come out fine, but I can only get the nuts off the front ones. The bolts are siezed in the sleeve. I'm hope I don't have to cut them out. Any ideas? Thanks, b-man.

 

BFH, air hammer

 

you stole my reply... i was going to say BFH too.

 

Man I beat on one of them for an hour, hitting it with the impact at the same time. It and the sleeve move together inside the bushing. I guess I'll just go beat on it some more. Only thing is, the more I beat on it and it doesn't move, the more I want to beat on the rest of the car. Thanks, b-man.

 

id say to try some heat, but most likely, the rubber bushing would jsut burn.....



athough i have heard of people removing the bushings by burning them out..... but i wouldnt want to tryit on the car.. lol

 

Lol. I think I'm going to keep the flames in the engine instead of on my car.

 

Kroil, Kroil and more Kroil. The stuff is great. Soak the bolt for a day or two (if you can) and reapply the stuff during those days. Then employ the BFH and it should come right out.

Kroil: www.kanolabs.com


Ed

 

I've been using PB Blaster for awhile now without results. I don't think it can get in there. I'm going to the shop in a few hours to see what I can do. I have an air hammer, so I'll see what that will do. Thanks, b-man.

 

I did the same post awhile back the only thing that worked was the air hammer and i tried everything. I was about to sawzaw it off.

 

I had the same problem with mine back when I removed the front springs. Bolts seized in the bushings. Hammering it didn't work. However after a can of Power Lube it only took a minute or two of the air hammer

 

you talking about the a-arm? get a wizzer and cut the damn thing out. when i get mad i just cut away and replace it. i want no stubborn parts on my car

 

Reading all of these posts on here about seized bolts is beginning to make me think that I am the only one on here that does not have any seized bolts. I have completely rebuilt my front suspension, and done my rear suspension and have never run into any problems. Well, I just thought that I should say that. But to help with your problem I think that a big hammer will work.

 

My car has over 230,000 miles on it and it's a 91 so I'd say it has done it's fair share of wet weather driving. Can't blame it for having a stuck bolt every now and then. I finally got the damn things out after cutting through it with an air hammer and opening the split sleeve. The bolt then came out without much more of a fight. I guess it knew when it was beat. After that I hit the bushings with a cutting torch and beat them out. I wasn't playing around by this point . Oh, By- the- way, the front bolts on the lca's were the only bolts on the entire suspension that were frozen. Not too bad in my book. Thanks for the help! b-man.

 

cutting always solves problems

 

Makes you feel better too!!!!

 

For me it usually creates problems

Unless I'm in a junkyard. In that case, my hammer gets a good work out. You don't want to know the horrors I've created just for some small inaccessible part

 

i also have no siezed bolts.

no rust

no no problems



its almost creepy how easy stuff goes with this car compared to my previous thirdgens.


ive changed the shocks/struts, suspension parts, brakes, exhaust and drivetrain bolts, all apart without issue. i never even needed PB blaster or any thing of the sort. like i said, its almost creepy.



but this car did sit garaged for several years not being driven... so it has no weathering on it, and was a southern car its whole life... bought in dallas, and i got it from the orignal owner...


the only reason i havent said that the engine bolts were easy, is because i havent tore into it yet.... closest ive come is replacing the manifolds..(put headers and single plane intake on it..)

really really effortless.

sometimes when somthing makes me reflect on how easy its been i kinda wonder, is it easier then my last thirdgens because its less problematic, or is it easier because i know what im doing?(or id like to think i do)

example is, i looked down in traffic last summer and my gauge was real high and climbing... then i listen... NO FAN!
i flip the AC on and i hear the fan kick on...
i stop off the hwy and poke with a multimeter.. my fan switch went bad... i pick one up on the way home and other then a slight coolent spill, its a simple install. roomate never even knew there was a problem.

so it was almost a non issue and a $3 part.. but what would have happened if i didnt know:

• its probly overheating because the fan wasnt on
• that the turning the AC kicks the cooling fan on?
• that theres 3 coolent sensors, and what one (passenger head) controls the fans
• the fan electrical circuit
• how to test for the coolent sensor/relay/fan/ect

it would have probly been a 2 day PITA(assuming i didnt damage the motor from overheating it) as i finally figure out it was the fan, figure out why the fan didnt come on, and get the wrong coolent sensor like the guy trys to sell me (twice) and then figure out what sensor is the switch....


so its kind of, is the car less problematic then before, or did i finally learn what the hell im doing? :lala:

 

I feel ya on the coolant sensor. Bought one this weekend and two guys actually argued with me about the damn thing. I needed the fan switch and they tried to sell me a temp sensor. If I didn't know the difference I'd have been pissed when I tried to hook it up. I guess they thought they knew more about my car than I do!