I need help with my suspension! - How to get this strut out!

[KillerX]

Ok so I decided to lower my 90 TSI this car only has 180k on it BUT I live in Canada so there welded together anyhoo.. the front right went right good! (besides me not getting the caliper out) But when I went to the other side this one nut from the top didnt come out... it just spins!!! I try to use pb blaster and nothing (why I thought that would work i donno) so now im stuck what should I do with this? is the stud broken? can i pull it up?

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So no prob I said ill do the back when I got to the back the frist bolt came out too easy, thats when I said ohh ohh this is too easy something is gonna kick me in the azz, so I continue and everything came out except how do i get this bloody strut out!? is there a weird/easy way? I tried hammering it out but bent a bit of it (stupid me, its a strut!!!)

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Also if you guys have a good way to get these calipers off I would love to know I tried using my air ratchet but it didnt have enough power to get the bolts off...

Thanks in advanced for all your help im sooo stressed because I told my rents Id only have there car outside 2 days (this is day 1, I only have one more day )

Brad

 

[absolute_DSM]

Each caliper is held on by 2 bolts to the hub. PB blaster them, let them sit for a couple hours, then try breaking them loose. Take the brake pads out before you start spraying stuff all over also

Also I noticed in the second pic you are jacking the car up in the wrong place. You should be jacking it up from the rear end or crossmember. That will relieve the stress from the suspension allowing the bolt to not have any force against it.

 

[KillerX]

Each caliper is held on by 2 bolts to the hub. PB blaster them, let them sit for a couple hours, then try breaking them loose. Take the brake pads out before you start spraying stuff all over also

Also I noticed in the second pic you are jacking the car up in the wrong place. You should be jacking it up from the rear end or crossmember. That will relieve the stress from the suspension allowing the bolt to not have any force against it.

ha ha im actually replacing the rotors and breaks so I dont care if I get pb all over but man those two bolts are hard to get at!

Ha ha ya thats my second jack, I didnt know if it was gonna hurt the drive shaft so i placed it under there to give it some support, the jack thats holding the car is to the right.

Brad

 

[chrismitsu47]

i would recommend cutting the top nut off and going to the nearest hardware store with one of the othernuts and find one to replace the broken one

 

[Karma]

Go to can. tire and get yourself a nut splitter. Its in the tool section, not the automotive. That will take car of your front strut. The threads are just stripped too bad on the stud. Regarding your rear strut, I had the same problem. You can either try bashing the shit out of the strut hitting it towards to rear diff, OR what I did was take a propane torch to the rubber bushing, melt it, and hit the strut off with a hammer in the same fashion. Then scrape off some of the rubber left on the bushing. Head that bushing up again, and take a pipe wrench to it and twist it off.

If you need any more help PM me. I had the exact same problems