installing coilovers - bolts are seized :(

[99TegLs]

where? autozone? any dealership is 1+ hours away... and i have no car atm

 

[OLDSKOOLACURA]

If I read that right you need new bolts...........not a new control arm

 

[99TegLs]

THE BOLT IS SEIZED IN THE BUSHING! i cant fucking turn it, move it, push it out, drill it out. ect...... i need this car up and moving asap. i need ideas!!!

 

[jbrown97ls]

Id say get a new drill bit and then the easy out bits from harbor frieght. Goodluck!

 

[99TegLs]

lol^ i literally just tried that an hour ago. bolts snapped. pullers stripped. i dont have any new control arms so im afraid to torch it

 

[99TegLs]

any other ideas?

 

[jbrown97ls]

Take a few photos so we can see what exactly happened.

 

[99TegLs]

 

[99TegLs]

btw... yes that's a drillbit stuck in the second one... diamond tipped ftw.

 

[99TegLs]

uuuuup

 

[OLDSKOOLACURA]

I take it you don't have a torch sitting around you can use?

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[72Spitfire]

Agree with above. Get a blow torch and burn the old bushing out. Replace bushing and bolt. Buy Honda bolts, not cheapos from the hardware store as your life is literally riding on these. I think they are $15 from Honda.

 

[72Spitfire]

Oh, and take the arm all the way off and get in it a vice. You need more room to work. Those bushings are tough bastards.

 

[99TegLs]

lol @you guys... the torch is in the first picture.... sheesh. ended up buying a new bushing and cutting the old one out. thanks everyone! and as for you two^.... >.< put your glasses on

 

[OLDSKOOLACURA]

lol @you guys... the torch is in the first picture.... sheesh. ended up buying a new bushing and cutting the old one out. thanks everyone! and as for you two^.... >.< put your glasses on

No not a wimpy little home depot torch. Accedalin torch. Wow I spelled that wrong, my welding teacher would smack me lol

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