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Originally Posted by Paul Ellis
Question, I can't seem to loosen the bolt holding the sub frame so that it can be lowered to remove the bolt in the trailing arm pivot. The bolt is tighten to 120 NM, but when I put a breaker bar and cheater on it to remove it has a rubbery feel and I am bending the breaker bar. Impact wrench will not remove bolt because of the rubber absorbs the impact. Do I just pull harder with a longer cheater? Help help  |
Typically this means the bolt is corroded into the sub frame mount metal sleeve.
The only cure I have found is the massive application of torque; enough to shred the sub frame mount rubber from the sleeve.
Note:
You will need a vice, (minimum of propane torch) heat, SAE 30 oil (you don't want more flammable lubricants), and a good breaker bar to separate the bolt from the sleeve, after it is removed from your car.
Wrecking the sleeve is OK, the bolt is roughly $20.00 USD plus S&H.
10-19-2006, 04:26 PM
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