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well i've spent the last 2 days trying to turn, cut, torch the lateral link bolts out of my car. i don't have the words to describe this process but i found a post by someone else summing this up quite nicely
"Day 1: Remove nut, rejoice at how easy it was. Attempt to remove bolt, find out you can't. Hose knuckle down with PB Blaster and go to bed.
Day 2: Attempt to remove bolt, find out you can't. Use 6ft long lever to spin the head of bolt, realize you're spinning the lat-link bushing inside the lat link. Decide lat link bushing must be seized to bolt. Expose union of same to fire, impact, and corrosives chemicals. Hit with larger hammer. Cry.
Day 3: Remove head of bolt with cut-off wheel, expecting to be able to slide bolt forward and out of the knuckle. Find out bolt will not budge. Cry. Attempt to place ball joint press over knuckle to press out bolt, find out the press is too short. Cry. Cut lat link off of bushing. Attempt to place ball joint press over knuckle to press out bolt, find out the press is too small to fit around bushing. Cry. Attempt to cut bushing off bolt. Find out that bushing has both inner and outer layers of rubber and steel. Nearly choke to death on burning rubber smoke. Use vise grips to peel outer rubber and steel layer off of bushing. Remove all skin on fingers in the process. Swear. Attempt to place ball joint press over knuckle to press out bolt, find out that while the press now fits over the decimated bushing, the press is too short. Swear. Cut bolt shorter. Attempt to press bolt out of knuckle. Determine that bolt was not cut square enough and press walks off bolt explosively. Devise centering press w/ small socket and nut scavenged from endlink via McGuyver like ghetto engineering skills. Press bolt a few mm forward via huge amounts of force on a 2ft lever attached to the press. Attempt to devise new tool w/ different socket, nut, duct tape, small furry animals. Accidentally bump bolt with back of hand, knock it out of knuckle. Swear and cry in relief and confusion. Go to bed.
Day 4: Reassemble suspension. Take for test drive. Nearly die as newly active rear end comes around"I drive a Datsun
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Originally posted by Burton58 View Postwell i've spent the last 2 days trying to turn, cut, torch the lateral link bolts out of my car. i don't have the words to describe this process but i found a post by someone else summing this up quite nicely
"Day 1: Remove nut, rejoice at how easy it was. Attempt to remove bolt, find out you can't. Hose knuckle down with PB Blaster and go to bed.
Day 2: Attempt to remove bolt, find out you can't. Use 6ft long lever to spin the head of bolt, realize you're spinning the lat-link bushing inside the lat link. Decide lat link bushing must be seized to bolt. Expose union of same to fire, impact, and corrosives chemicals. Hit with larger hammer. Cry.
Day 3: Remove head of bolt with cut-off wheel, expecting to be able to slide bolt forward and out of the knuckle. Find out bolt will not budge. Cry. Attempt to place ball joint press over knuckle to press out bolt, find out the press is too short. Cry. Cut lat link off of bushing. Attempt to place ball joint press over knuckle to press out bolt, find out the press is too small to fit around bushing. Cry. Attempt to cut bushing off bolt. Find out that bushing has both inner and outer layers of rubber and steel. Nearly choke to death on burning rubber smoke. Use vise grips to peel outer rubber and steel layer off of bushing. Remove all skin on fingers in the process. Swear. Attempt to place ball joint press over knuckle to press out bolt, find out that while the press now fits over the decimated bushing, the press is too short. Swear. Cut bolt shorter. Attempt to press bolt out of knuckle. Determine that bolt was not cut square enough and press walks off bolt explosively. Devise centering press w/ small socket and nut scavenged from endlink via McGuyver like ghetto engineering skills. Press bolt a few mm forward via huge amounts of force on a 2ft lever attached to the press. Attempt to devise new tool w/ different socket, nut, duct tape, small furry animals. Accidentally bump bolt with back of hand, knock it out of knuckle. Swear and cry in relief and confusion. Go to bed.
Day 4: Reassemble suspension. Take for test drive. Nearly die as newly active rear end comes around"
This all could have been avoided....
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