Removing the spindles on the rear of my 89,hane the rear hub jacked up but the spindles still seem to be under load,bolt not sliding out easy,whats the trick??

Happy new year to all

 

Confused
If you are taking the spindle off car, then hub is bolted to that so you can't support hub
If you have car supported and spindle hanging then camber arm bolt ( assume that is the bolt you are talking about )
may be frozen in there and gentle persuasion with a large hammer

 

Thanks Rod,
I have jacked the vette,(body wise)removed the wheel of course and just planned to remove and replace one spindle at a time(I have a rebushed set)started to remove the spindle but there seems to be a lot of pressure on the spindle bolt(spindle bracket to body)
I just jacked the hub slightly as i was doing one at a time,thought this may assist.
So to do the job
basically I need to remove the bolt from the camber rod (at knuckle)
Remove bolt from sway bar?
Remove shock absorber from lower mount,
This will then let the knuckle hang free??

 

Shouldn't need all that.
You are only replacing the bushes in the camber arm ( and dog bones I assume) so that is all that needs to be removed.
Camber arm is a tight fit in the knuckle without the bolt so after bolt removed will still need
some force to pop it out
You are on the right path by supporting the hub/ knuckle at ride height because as knuckle drops
it travels in a arc loading up the bushes in the arm

 

Just did a whole rear suspension overhaul on my '91. The dog bones, if you are removing them are relatively easy and straight forward. The spindle control rod, or camber adjustment rod as some would call it, it is a little trickier. The bolt at the hub end does take some light tapping with a hammer to get it out sometimes, but removing the rod will just take some prying to get it out of the clutches of the hub and the other end at the mount to the rear diff. The trickier part, if you are installing new poly bushings, is getting the new one in. For the inner part that has the camber adjustment bolt in it, loosen the two bolts that hold the bracket to the diff first before trying to insert the newly bushed rod. You may have to use a jack to jack the end up into the bracket. On the hub side you will almost definitely need to use a jack to jack the arm up between the mount on the hub. This side is very precise about alignment through that hole so you can get the bolt through the hole. You can get it into the general location with the jack and then do fine adjustments by inserting a long screwdriver into the bushing and using the hub ears that you are trying to line it up with as leverage points. It takes a little patience but it is not that difficult, at least when you have the exhaust out of the way, I did not attempt it with the exhaust on since it is only 3 bolts to take out the whole back half of the exhaust. Also make sure you grease up the outside of the bushings when you go to put the new rods in, it will help them slide up into the mounts easier. Good luck!