LCA Bolt... Help
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LCA Bolt... Help
Well after going to honda and getting my car broke into while there, having them weld a nut practically into a complete circle from a 14mm I am just doing it myself. There are two bolts on the LCA towards the wheels. 1 with the strut attached to which I got out no problem. Honda said it was ceased and needed to be torched out. I guess my borrowing impact/air tools were more .. powerful?! something like that. The bolt to the left of it I can not get out. I have lubed, breaker bar, impact fw/reverse, etc... Any idea how I can get this out? I am contemplating drilling, but only if the head brakes off. I need this out so I can replace the rear trailing arm. Its the last bolt, everything else is out.
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Re: LCA Bolt... Help (mjrage)
Thoose bolts are known for ceezing to those bushings. You can tortch it out and buy a new bolt and bushing or take a cut off wheel. Either way a 3 foot breaker isnt gonna do ****. That thing is seezed to the bushing.
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Re: LCA Bolt... Help (dpw41285)
I dont have a torch or anything like that. Considering grinding it off... as a last resort. Hmm. I have a 3 foot breaker bar and its not working.
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Re: LCA Bolt... Help (dpw41285)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dpw41285 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">told ya, i work at honda and this **** happens on 89% of them </TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeah well I hope your service is better than the one I got. They like torched a bolt so its a circle instead of metric and even melted it against another piece of metal.
I got it broke with the breaker bar, snapped with about 1/2 inch of the bolt so I figure thats less to drill. I can almost see then end so I think about a 1/4 inch of drilling, etc.. I should be able to slide it out the other end... (praying)
Is that even possible? Looks like it.
Yeah well I hope your service is better than the one I got. They like torched a bolt so its a circle instead of metric and even melted it against another piece of metal.
I got it broke with the breaker bar, snapped with about 1/2 inch of the bolt so I figure thats less to drill. I can almost see then end so I think about a 1/4 inch of drilling, etc.. I should be able to slide it out the other end... (praying)
Is that even possible? Looks like it.
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Re: LCA Bolt... Help (mjrage)
i did everything i had the same problem when i changed to the 5 lug i got and i just drilled that ****** out and used 2 nuts instead!
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