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03-10-2010
can't seem to get the damn things off.
The nut on the hub comes off, but the bolt won't come out.
Guys at the local shop suggested the bolt is seized to the metal guide inside the bushing and to cut it off or destroy the rubber bushing and get a new bolt.
Suggestions?
03-10-2010
keep soaking it in penatrating oil, and turnin it and beatin on it with the nut on it thats wat i do takes awhile but works, or use a torch but carefully not to catch the bushin on fire,
03-10-2010
It wouldnt be ABLE to move if the nut was on it...
03-10-2010
just a lil bit so u dont damage the threads wen u hit it out words unless u got a brass hammer the u dont haft to put the nut on
03-10-2010
I just went through the same thing yesterday on mine. I just kept using my snap on 1/2 impact going foward and then backwards a bunch of times and it broke free. If you don't have an impact then get a brass hammer or punch to knock it out with the nut on even with the face of the bolt as stated above. What trailing arms did you get? I bought the umi or uni ones what ever they are and noitces a huge differance.
03-10-2010
BFH and a new bolt. Or leave the nut off and drive around until the bolt comes loose
03-10-2010
LOL I like this one the most....Originally Posted by FoSHO99
Or leave the nut off and drive around until the bolt comes loose
And I have the GMPP ones here.
I've got two cheap 1/2" impacts, both don't seem to want to do much.
So its forwards and backwards till I can't hear anything and BFH time.
But not till tomorrow.
03-10-2010
I used a 3/4 inch impact as my 600ft lb of torque 1/2inch wouldnt touch em
03-10-2010
hit it with a hammer. stop being a girl.
03-10-2010
Bend the brake shroud out of the way and give it the BFH x10.
It let loose
03-11-2010
I had to heat mine with a torch and then hit it with a 3lb mini sledge and the bolt popped right out
03-11-2010
Wait, is the hole in the hub even threaded?
03-11-2010
No the hole is not threaded. they just corrode like a mother in there
03-11-2010
I used a torch and a BFH and my roommate had his foot on a breaker bar... all that together it came out, eventually!
03-11-2010
not threaded, it does not thread out. you have to just hit it out. its just pushed in there and rusted up.
03-11-2010
I need new plates for my car, they will read "IMATOOL"
03-11-2010
Just went through this last week with mine. Passenger side was no problem. Both bolts on the drivers side were rusted solid. Used a torch on the knuckle with a rubber mallet and closed end wrench. Used a dremel with cut off wheels to cut the trailing arm on the bracket side then a knife on the bushing and the dremel again on the bushing sleeve.
03-11-2010
dayum, Hope the BFH sorts this one out right.
03-20-2010
I just did my trailing arms and I must have been lucky. hardest part was cranking on the breaker bar, then the things popped right out. didn't even need to slap mine with the hammer. best of luck to the o.p. hope the darn things popped out eventually
03-20-2010
Heat did it.
Then getting the ****ing bolts out was a giant PITA.
Sleeve was practically welded to the bolt. Nearly destroyed the bracket trying to get it off.
All in all, wasn't worth the time I put in.
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