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Don't Let this happen to you.
Replace your front lower control arms before this happens.
Driver side rear bushing fell out when i unbolted it.
The passenger side rear bushing has mated with the bolt, i worked on it for 4 hours trying to get it out with a bfh, prying on it, etc....didn't budge, i'll probably have to torch it out.
So what would have been a 2 hour job turned into the car sitting for at least a week on jackstands till i get the new cam bolt in and figure how to get this one out.
Driver side rear bushing fell out when i unbolted it.
The passenger side rear bushing has mated with the bolt, i worked on it for 4 hours trying to get it out with a bfh, prying on it, etc....didn't budge, i'll probably have to torch it out.
So what would have been a 2 hour job turned into the car sitting for at least a week on jackstands till i get the new cam bolt in and figure how to get this one out.
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yeah.. cam bolts are like 12-15$ from the local dealer, get those coming. i ended up losing one of my cam bolt nuts and had the car down for another 2 days waiting for that.
Are you installing poly bushings? You are going to have an issue with the center sleeve for the control arm now being cut up (that you have to reuse).
Are you installing poly bushings? You are going to have an issue with the center sleeve for the control arm now being cut up (that you have to reuse).
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yeah.. cam bolts are like 12-15$ from the local dealer, get those coming. i ended up losing one of my cam bolt nuts and had the car down for another 2 days waiting for that.
Are you installing poly bushings? You are going to have an issue with the center sleeve for the control arm now being cut up (that you have to reuse).
Are you installing poly bushings? You are going to have an issue with the center sleeve for the control arm now being cut up (that you have to reuse).
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When the bolt seizes to the bushing, the only way to get it off without cutting with a sawzall or grinder is to get a torch and light the bushing up from the 2 sides until the bushing starts smoking pretty good (it may catch on fire a few times but you can just blow it out like a candle), so you shold have a fire extinguisher handy and keep flamable stuff away obviously. once its hot enough, it will still not seperate without putting alot of force on the bolt with a prybar, and when you get the right angle, the hot rubber will let the bolt slowly slip through it until you pry it out. an assortment of small and large prybars are helpfull, as well as a rubber mallet or hammer to help get the bolt moving initially, but realize if the rubber is not hot enough no amount of hammering will move the bolt even the tiniest amount.
If you heat the bushings enough, you should be ablet o get a good minute of prying in before you need to reheat them, cause when they cool down its impossible to get the bolt out if its siezed.
You may wonder why bother ill just cut it off, but then you have to wait for new parts and everything, if you use the heating method, it will take longer to get the bolt off, but then you don't get stuck waiting for new parts. good luck!
If you heat the bushings enough, you should be ablet o get a good minute of prying in before you need to reheat them, cause when they cool down its impossible to get the bolt out if its siezed.
You may wonder why bother ill just cut it off, but then you have to wait for new parts and everything, if you use the heating method, it will take longer to get the bolt off, but then you don't get stuck waiting for new parts. good luck!
Last edited by Ali SC3; 04-18-13 at 12:18 PM.