HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

got the new Ksports on the front no problem but i CANNOT get the rear shock lower bolts to budge. itried heating them with a torch and hitting them with a BIG hammer but to no avail, theyre stuck, seem to be fused to the bushings. I am out of ideas short of removing the entire lower control arms and getting them pressed out or something.

any ideas?

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

that's what you have to do. you will most likely have to cut the bolts out. the new ones will run you about $8 each at the dealership. If the bolts are seized in the control arm bushings, you may need to have new bushings pressed into the LCAs.

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

try PB Blaster first. spray them down and wait 5 minutes, then spray them again and wait 10 minutes, then try getting them off. that stuff works wonders.

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

i hope i don't have that happen to me when i install mine in a couple days.

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

thanks.what is pb? i soaked em with wd40 and hit em HARD with a big ol hammer, nuthin doin.what a buzzkil.

BUT it already handles MUCH better w/ just the fronts on.

i think if i have to get new bushings i'll getksportarms, the onesthat come with new bushings for under 2 hundy.

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

if your car has always been in the south you might not have a problem

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

yeah, it has been in the south, no rust anywhere here, i didn't think about that on his car

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

have you tried putting the jack under there to relieve the weight off of them?


Wait... did I not understand the question?

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

yeah i tried that too, those things arent going anywhere unless i press them out with a bearing press, i think. that is, if i can get the other lower arm bolts out. nightmare!

RE: HELP! cant get rear shock bolts out!
 

it's pretty normal for a northern car that is 12 years old. just find someone with good tools to get them out.