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02-03-2005, 04:30 PM | #1 |
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Disassembling seized suspension parts.
Howdy all, thought I'd ask for someone else's two cents on what they'd do in this situation. This isn't urgent, just something I'm dreading & need to plan for in the future.
During a rear drum to disc conversion in the past I found that the bolt which holds the rear control arms to bottom of the rear knuckle to be seized on one corner. (bolt end) I was still able to remove the knuckle & do the conversion but I know I'll need to face that bolt sooner or later. Pounding on it w/ a deadblow hammer only distorted the nut end w/ the threads. WD-40 didn't seem to loosen it in the short span of time I wanted it done in. (eg: wanted it done yesterday) And I could'nt sqeeze a pry bar between the bolt head & the bushing. It seems that the steel insert & the bolt are seized. So knowing that I'll have to free that end when I install uprated bushings into the control arms, how would you approach removing this? I've only heard of torch & PB blaster so far. Any special tools that might help? None of my pullers seem to be relevant to this job. I would have asked in the maintenance forums but I figure swappers over here were more likely to have run into this problem already. Thanks,
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02-03-2005, 06:23 PM | #2 |
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PB blaster and air tools! Using those two things I never have a problem.
When you reasemble try anti-seize, works great. |
02-03-2005, 06:48 PM | #3 |
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Air tools would'nt make a difference in this case as the bolt has no threads to latch onto to press itself out. Both the nut & bolt are free & not captive. Turning the bolt simply spins the rubber suspension bushing in its outer sleeve. What is seized is the bushing insert & the pivoting portion of the suspension bolt. These are usually supposed to be lubed, but I guess this car saw too many winters. The bolt & the bushing are what I want to separate so that I may press out the bushing for replacement. The bolt could be pressed out w/ the bushing but you'd still have to remove the stuck part in order to install. Just wondering if there are any creative ideas. I have'nt come up w/ any yet.
BTW: I use power tools to disassemble it already. This snag is just something the the tools have'nt helped solve. http://community.webshots.com/photo/...57428954AzlrZA Part 24 and the bolt are stuck together. Last edited by tbd; 02-04-2005 at 03:40 AM. |
02-03-2005, 09:06 PM | #4 |
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I've seen this before on a WRX. Take the lateral link off with the bolt seized to it. Cut off the bolt. Press out the bushing and what's left of the bolt. Replace bushing, buy a new bolt. You can also try to just press out the bolt, but good luck with that. I did manage to press out a seized one on a trailing arm with about 25 tons of pressure.
Option 2 is to buy a new bolt and just get a new lateral link, they are cheap. |
02-03-2005, 10:22 PM | #5 |
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Cut the bolt head off and pound it out. Replace the lateral links with some nice Whiteline adjustable ones.
Z |
02-03-2005, 11:43 PM | #6 |
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yah i had this problem and i had to get new everything, like DWX said its nice to have new stuff and doesnt cost that much.
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02-03-2005, 11:48 PM | #7 |
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Thanks guys,
That sucks, I had hoped to salvaged some of the parts too. I have some spares but not enough to do this w/o scrounging a bit. Thanks again. |
02-04-2005, 06:10 PM | #8 |
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Hey Tony... I've still got alot of my parts, if you need something PM me.
uber |
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