I would just use a "sawzall" or a die grinder and grind the bolt off between both sides inside of the shock mounts so you can reuse the shock without putting a new nut on since you sawed or cut it offWell today i was installed my Blox LCA and i did the passengers side no problems..I got to the drivers side and the subframe bolt came out..then the one on the shock..but the last once closest to the wheel snapped.The head to the bolt came right off..Any suggestions guys? I was thinking of cutting off the nut behind the bolt, replacing the bolt and puttin on a new nut?:cry:
Ouch! I did the same thing. It took me an ENTIRE day and 3 drill bits to remove it. Those bolts are case hardened and even the best drill bits have trouble cutting through it. It's really the only way to remove it. Honestly, I would find a used control arm and avoid a days worth of drilling. Be about the same price too when you figure in drill bit cost and mental stress.
Make sure you get OEM Acura bolts for it too ($9 each if my memory serves me), don't go to the hardware store for a replacement. The metal is softer and you don't want to take a chance of snapping one under heavy load and crash your beloved Teggy.
Good luck to you!
Ahhhh, this is going to be a headache. I called it too I KNEW it was too good to be true i knew at least one side would give me trouble..You can cut off both ends but its still going to be frozen inside the arm too. I tried that first with lots of heat, PB blaster soak and a sledgehammer....wouldn't budge. I had to drill it out or purchase a new arm which I would have done in hind sight.
Trust me I got a die grinder in there, I just went through this same process in october... The problem is that the bolt is seized in the bushing collar, you wont be able to get it out of the bushing, and you will need to press the bushing out of the control arm...Its really tight in there. i doubt ill be able to get a grinder in there..i was thinking the same thing maybe cuttin then using a vise grips to get whats left of the bolt out? :/
its the bolt connected to trailing arm.to the left of the shock (drivers side)Oooh never though of that! If you can get the arm off the car with strut attached, set the bushing on fire and let it burn away. Work the bruning bushing around with a big flat head screwdriver. Then just get a new bolt and energy suspension bushings.
You could use and angle grinder with a thin cutting wheel, just be careful not to cut anything else in the process like the fork of the strut.
oh damn my other bolt broke not this oneits the bolt connected to the hub or whatever.to the left of the shock (drivers side)
yeah the shock to lca bolt broke on me too before...same side too...go figure...oh damn my other bolt broke not this one