Bent my control arm in the front. Need to take it out...


everything is off, except the bolt thats holding the arm to the frame.

The nut came off with ease, but the bolt seems to be stuck on the BUSHING ring.

I tried chizzling it, but did work too well.
Pry'd it in every direction. No good....wiggling doesnt work.

Bolt is stuck in the bushing, and the bushing is worn.

I dont have air tools....What next? Please help thanks!

 

hammer. if you bent the arm, good chance you bent the bracket.

 

tried hammer, but cant get a good hit.

The bolt is behind the rack and pinion. Its hinding itself. Lil bastard.

Im going to try hammer/flame tomorrow. Let me know if thats a bad idea.

 

^ flame = bad idea.

try pulling the arm in a certain direction and wiggle it out.

 

i've tried to wiggle the arm in everyway possible. It doesnt come off.

seems like the bolt shank is stuck with the bushing ring?

 

use the blue wrench...... and protect the rubber parts around it.

can you get a hacksaw between the bushing and the frame? cut the bolt there then pull the arm off and remove the small pieces of bolt left.

 

Sawzall to the rescue...

 

heating it up with burnsomatic didnt work...

that bolt is stuck good.

problem with saw is that its hard to get that thing in ....

 

"heating" it up isnt goin to do anything... it is prob bent inside the bushing and you ar enbot gonna get it hot enough to straighten it out inside there..... you need to use a oxygen acetelyene torch to cut through it.

and like it was said above... you should be able to get a sawzall in there since you can hold the tool and just stick the blade in there.... just hold on to the tool tight.

 

If you can post some upclose pics of the problem, maybe it'll be easier for people to understand what you are trying to say, and offer better advice. But like mentioned earlier, a sawzall should be able to fit in there and cut the bolt with ease, provided there is enough clearance for the blade to slip in. Just my .02 cents by the way.....