ej1love

what would be the best way to break em loose? its just the bolts that go to the subframe... the others come right out. im upgrading my rear sway and they being a bitch. so jack up the car and take the wheels off; then take off the bolts that go to the struts and brakes first? then mess with the frame bolts so they will have less of a bind on them? im gonna use a better impact later and need some advice. any1?

rick_rabies

Wd40 and let it sit and then use an impact gun

jtmartin96civic

pb blaster seems to work a bit better than wd-40 in my experience. be damn careful on that frame bolt breaking that bolt loose with a strong impact might snap the bolt. then youre realy up **** creek if you can get the rest of it out. good luck.

rick_rabies

pb blaster yeah..i was trying to think of the name so i said wd40. pb blaster does work real good. And if you brake a bolt..like I did. You can cut a hole with a grinder in the subframe and fit a wrench and a new nut in there and put a dif bolt in. (worst case I guess)

jtmartin96civic

yes. i forgot about the captive nut inside there. that would be omega shitty though. but like you said... last resort. try easy outs before resorting to this

NightCat

I stripped my LCA Bolt and had to grind it down to a 1/2" then hammer the 6pt 1/2" socket on it, then blow torch the other side after spraying it with *** tons of WD40 and melting some heat shield around my drums..but it came off.

Dont break that bolt..its like $8 to get a new one from Honda...was $6.10 for me.

rick_rabies

dang...

ej1love

thx guys, ima hit it with some wd40 or pb blast. i dont care if i strip em out, i got the 6 bolts new sittin by the new sway now. i just want it off... shitty dc sports tie bar might have a lil effect on this too, huh?

rick_rabies

do you mean will it help?

ej1love

no, i mean i didnt even loosen the tie bar, so it could have created a bind. i just realized this...

rick_rabies

oh. does the DC bar have the titen and loosn nuts on the ends? loosn it and tap it with a hammer

sde780

get a mallet and tap it, and hit it with pb blaster. i lowered my car on coilovers with a hand ratchet and some sockets, should have sprayed everything with pb blast a week before you take them off, then drive around to get it in there. i didnt break a single bolt this way

ej1love

yea it does. ima make this my weekend project i guess. but ima spray it down today or tomorrow so it can sit, i effin hate probation btw...

FearTheH

iTrader: (5)

cut the bastards out.. otherwise you'll probably break them. just what happened to me and plenty of other people...theres tons of threads about this very thing.

ej1love

well im not gonna jump the gun yet. 4 of em come right out, and ima use a better impact this time and not forget to loosen up the tie bar first.

90_EX_Civic

that's what i did, but i sprayed it off and on for about a month (had to wait for my shocks anyways) and gave the control arm and bolt a couple of taps just in case, and off the bolt came. PB Blaster, :thum bup:: thumbup:

FearTheH

iTrader: (5)

well then i officially envy you! haha none of mine came out with PB Blaster soaked on them for 2 weeks...errr!!! Congrats though!

ej1love

lol, yea hopefully they come off with a better impact this weekend...

NightCat

Oh yea....not the most fun Ive had in my life