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1g Upper control arm bolt

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Twizzle

15+ Year Contributor
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Apr 29, 2004
Oak Ridge, New Jersey
Please help, I NEED this done by today, and may god help me if i cant get these off in time. My problem is the upper control arm bolt, near the diff., the one that adjusts camber. I took off the nut, washer, and eccentric? thing, but when i try to get the bolt out, if i use a ratchet, the whole thing moves (rubber bushing and bolt) and it bounces right back and i cannot loosen it. I tried hitting the bolt out with a hammer and it will not come out. It seems that its stuck. I tried spraying ALOT of penetrating spray and it seems to do nothing. PLEASE HELP, this is as urgent as it gets!
 
The bolt has rust-welded to the inner sleeve of the bushing. You must either cut the bolt out (preferred) or go at it with fire and ice (which takes a long time and often doesn't work). It's a common problem. And it's a bi*** to fix. My sympathies.

- Jtoby
 
so where would i cut it from, im guessing between on the other side of where the nut would screw onto, it seems like a very tight fit to get any type of blade to cut there.


edit: i give up, tried hacksaw for 2 hours straight and didnt even get one side off. this is worse than hell itself! gonna try a vise tommorow as im already behind schedule...but i should have known dsms suck ass no matter how fast they can go :cry:
 
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