rear strut removal

[captainmorgan]

So I'm trying to remove the rear coilover from my 05 OBXT, and the bolt holding the lower mount to the wheel hub is rusted in place. I've tried hitting it with a 5lb hammer, hit it with my 900ftlb air impact wrench, heated it up, and soaked it in PB blaster. The nut came off fine, the bolt itself just will not budge!

 

I'm out of ideas and I need help!

[RaGe]

sledge hammer?

[captainmorgan]

Oh, and I hit it with my air chisel a few times.

 

I'll try a 10lb.

 

Maybe a ball joint extractor?

[Guest LGT-NY]

Huh.... That sux. I'd try using metal hammer and tapping it firmly over and over, up and down, back and forth to try and loosen it up. Try tapping as opposed to brute force.

[RaGe]

i know i used a punch and a hammer on mine. i had alot of problems with mine too.

[Guest LGT-NY]

^^ Me too. Try jacking up the strut slightly from the bottom so there is no tension on the bolt.

[RaGe]

that was my next suggestion.

[RochNY91TSI]

Hammer and punch worked for me.

 

Another option to try to remove the tension is to make sure that both sides of the car are jacked up in the rear. The sway bar will otherwise exert force on the strut

[rao]

Try jacking the hub up a bit.

[captainmorgan]

I have the spring on the coilover spun down so that its not putting any pressure on the hub. I'm doing sways at this time too, so they are diconnected as well. I've tried jacking both sides of it and hitting it with the hammer, impact wrench, and air chisel. I might just cut it off and press it out....... maybe. Gotta get this down before snowfall!

 

I'll try working it up and down a bit. I guess two winter's driving was just too much rust for it!

[PGT]

have you done the jack trick? put an impact socket on a breaker bar positioned so the breaker hits the ground....lower the car, using the weight of the car to loosen it?

[Guest]

I have the spring on the coilover spun down so that its not putting any pressure on the hub.

 

But the sway bar might if the other side is not level with respect to the one you are working on.

[captainmorgan]

Swaybar is off completely, sorry.

 

have you done the jack trick? put an impact socket on a breaker bar positioned so the breaker hits the ground....lower the car, using the weight of the car to loosen it?

 

I'll give this a try, good idea thanks!

[Deaks2]

I used two breaker bars, one wedged up on the ground and the other on my jack. 2-tonne jack > 118 lb-ft torqued bolt/nut...

[PGT]

it's not a stuck nut...seized bolt in the carrier

[whitetiger]

air tools?

[Deaks2]

it's not a stuck nut...seized bolt in the carrier

Oh, in that case mine just popped out with a hammer...

[PGT]

Oh, in that case mine just popped out with a hammer...

 

right. his did not, thus, this thread.

[Deaks2]

Yes, I gathered that...

[captainmorgan]

air tools?

 

Yeah, neither my air chisel, nor my 900 ft-lb impact wrench budged it.

[PGT]

map torch

[Guest]

anti seize the bitch next time!

[PGT]

anti seize the bitch next time!

 

it's not the threads silly. who coats the whole bolt in anti-seize? dare I say nobody?

[Guest]

it's not the threads silly. who coats the whole bolt in anti-seize? dare I say nobody?

 

Did I say anti seize on threads, silly?

 

Yes, I am suggesting to coat the non-thread bolt shaft with anti-seize. I anti-seize ball joints, even the surface between rotors and hubs. That way I don't have to muscle anything next time I need to replace them.

[Gmachine]

I also am a fan of anti seize where most people don't think or bother to.

Lower ball joints? I'm right there with you unclemat. I take my car apart alot and this keeps the anger down,and enjoyment way up.