Today while trying taking off my front lower control arm on the drivers side, the rear lower bolt was stuck inside of the bushing sleeve. I had to whack it with a 3lb sledge hammer over 100 times to get it out, so naturally the threaded end of the bolt is destroyed and some of the threads going up the bolt are ruined too. Is there any place online to order a new bolt? Thanks


-Drew

 

same thing happened to me. I got a new one from Toyota for $12.

 

next time.. instead of smacking the bolt..

have someone put weight/stand on the rotor.. then just do a soft pounding.. and it shuold slide out.. w/ no problems.. :\ figured that out when i was installing my springs...

everytime i pounded the bolt.. it hurt me inside... cause it felt as if i was killing the threads!

 

go to a autozone checkers/kragen and rent a pitman arm puller. remove the castle nut turn it up side down and rescrew back into the bolt so you dont mess up the castle part of the nut. put the tool on and go to town works everytime. iuse to destroy bushings and have sore arms beating that spindle. hope this helps. btw dont use a pickle fork whatever you do!!!!!

 

I ordered 2 new bolts from lexus for $1.77 each. Should hopefully be here tuesday. Yesterday I went to town on the passenger side LCA. Same thing happened. Why did they make the foward bolt aluminum and the rear bolt steel? The front bolt slides out like butter where as the rear bolt seems to get rusted inside os the bushing sleeve. I tried for over an hour to get it out with no success. The bolt didnt even budge. Im taking the acetylene torch to it tomorrow and ill cut the bolt on either side of the LCA. Im installing the Pothane F & R control arm sets.

 

does anyone know if the supra TT and the SC control arm bolts are the same?