lower control arm?
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From: highbaugh kentucky
lower control arm?
i have my car lowered all the way on stock bolts, now i want to cut the bushings off. I have the shock absorber, lower control arm, and sway bar bolts all out. I cant get the lower control arm to drop out from the bracket, the stud wont fall threw. ive tried jacking it up and it doesnt help, what else can i do. 
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by Vettegetsmwet99
i have my car lowered all the way on stock bolts, now i want to cut the bushings off. I have the shock absorber, lower control arm, and sway bar bolts all out. I cant get the lower control arm to drop out from the bracket, the stud wont fall threw. ive tried jacking it up and it doesnt help, what else can i do.
Thanks.
Thanks.
i had the same problem and i beat that bolt down with a hammer and messed with it for about 3 hours no joke and i gave up.. i just ended up using a saw and cutting the rubber pad.. just turn the bolt all the way up so you have a slight clearance to get to it...
if anyone knows how to get it off it would be good to know in case i decide to take the bolt out completely later...
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From: highbaugh kentucky
yeah i would like to take the bolt completely out and see what it looks like, if its to low i will take the black placic piece on the bootom of the bumper off and cut half of it off, im tried of hearing it scape everything.
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From: Easley S.C.
Just use another jack and put it under the monoleaf spring and jack it up enough to unscrew the bolt out the bottom. You may have to use some wd-40 to spray on the threads and run it up and down a couple of times before they will screw out the bottom. I simply ran the bolt up as far as I could by hand and took a sawsall and cut the bolts off and ran them out the bottom and chunked them in the trash can. I have not had any problems with mine at all.
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Originally Posted by toplessvettetherapy
Just use another jack and put it under the monoleaf spring and jack it up enough to unscrew the bolt out the bottom. You may have to use some wd-40 to spray on the threads and run it up and down a couple of times before they will screw out the bottom. I simply ran the bolt up as far as I could by hand and took a sawsall and cut the bolts off and ran them out the bottom and chunked them in the trash can. I have not had any problems with mine at all.
well im already done but trust me i tried everything to get it off.. wd-40.. beat it down with a hammer.. at one point it looked like i was humping the car going up and down so fast to try to get it to come apart but nothing...
it looksed so easy on the DIY lol
anyway save yourself the trouble.. here are a few pics of the rear and front with the stocks.. by wednesday ill have the HRE's on there and ill post pics of stock and HRE to see the diff
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From: highbaugh kentucky
i did it! 
if you ant to drop the lower control arm you need to get ahold of a ball joint seperater tool. it can be found at local parts store. put it right above the ball joint and tap it softly and it will just drop right out. now you will have plenty of room to remove the bolt or just cut the bushings with the bolt still in there.
if you ant to drop the lower control arm you need to get ahold of a ball joint seperater tool. it can be found at local parts store. put it right above the ball joint and tap it softly and it will just drop right out. now you will have plenty of room to remove the bolt or just cut the bushings with the bolt still in there.
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From: highbaugh kentucky
i did it!
if you want to drop the lower control arm you need to get ahold of a ball joint seperater tool. it can be found at local parts store. put it right above the ball joint and tap it softly and it will just drop right out. now you will have plenty of room to remove the bolt or just cut the bushings with the bolt still in there.
if you want to drop the lower control arm you need to get ahold of a ball joint seperater tool. it can be found at local parts store. put it right above the ball joint and tap it softly and it will just drop right out. now you will have plenty of room to remove the bolt or just cut the bushings with the bolt still in there.
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Originally Posted by Vettegetsmwet99
i did it!
if you want to drop the lower control arm you need to get ahold of a ball joint seperater tool. it can be found at local parts store. put it right above the ball joint and tap it softly and it will just drop right out. now you will have plenty of room to remove the bolt or just cut the bushings with the bolt still in there.
if you want to drop the lower control arm you need to get ahold of a ball joint seperater tool. it can be found at local parts store. put it right above the ball joint and tap it softly and it will just drop right out. now you will have plenty of room to remove the bolt or just cut the bushings with the bolt still in there.
can you post a pic of the tool.. is it something that can be substituded for or is it a special tool ...
