vnaicker91

Replaced my front lower control arms recently. Used 1995 Supra n/a control arms. Perfect fit! Used a impact gun and a Harbor Freight ball joint separator and the job only took 30 minutes each side to remove and replace with the new one. My steering feels tighter, like a new car. No tram lining when going over imperfections on the road, Less road noise, better handling, no more "thud" sound when going over bumps, AND fixed my alignment too. I made marks and took pictures of the alignment settings before removing the control arms so I just put them back exactly how they were. I did get a new alignment after the install even though the car was driving straight. You always want to get an alignment any time you do suspension work on your SC. Now the car feels the way a Lexus should.

E36M3

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Waking up this dead thread.

Doing my driver side lca and one bolt will not come out, budge, or turn 360. I use air gun and pry bar with no luck.

How do I remove it? Please help.

eknine9

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You can try using a jack to lift the control arm up a touch. It's possible it's not seized and the weight of the control arm/chassis is holding it in if the arm isn't perfectly straight to allow the bolt to thread through the hole.

Other than that, PB Blaster, lots of elbow grease and air tools are the next best bet, and if that doesn't work, I've seen members here take a sawzall and cut the bolt if they get seized that bad. I got lucky on mine, and all I needed to do was use the jack to relieve some pressure off the bolt, and then it came out fine.

chubaka

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Nice write up this was helpful.