i happen to break my lca bolt that holds my strut. it broke 1/4way out. tomrorow im about to use a grinder to remove the strut and bolt. where do you guys recommend grinding the strut to remove it. right now im planning to grind straight up the welded nut.

 

you will have to do that, they drill out the steel bushing..... it sucks.

 

cut between the strut and LCA, and have a new bushing pressed in.

 

steel bushing? wtf ... it's rubber.

no need to cut anything. just get a torch and burn the **** out of the bushing.

go to honda and get a new bushing and bolt first of course. and put some antisieze on that bolt so that doesn't happen again. you can use a ball joint press to put the new bushing in.

 

what does a new bushing do?

the bolt is still threaded in the nut

 

why not take off whole strut assembly with lca and cut it when its off the car. in my opinion that would be easier for you

 

personally dealing with this on my rusty *** 4 door I can tell you...

you really have two choices.
1. grind/cut off the front section of the fork with the integral nut. Spray the crap outta the remaining bolt with PB Blaster or wd40, and whack the piece out with a punch. This still leaves you having to buy a new shock and bolt.

2. Go buy a New/Used lower control arm and shock and remove the old one from your car without dissembling it. Then replace them with junkyard parts. I went this route because I needed Holes in the LCAs for the sway bar. You may need this upgrade to so It may be a good time to change. just a thought.

Have fun and Don't forget my favorite stuff.



GET SOME!!!!!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sleepingEg8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">personally dealing with this on my rusty *** 4 door I can tell you...

you really have two choices.
1. grind/cut off the front section of the fork with the integral nut. Spray the crap outta the remaining bolt with PB Blaster or wd40, and whack the piece out with a punch. This still leaves you having to buy a new shock and bolt.

2. Go buy a New/Used lower control arm and shock and remove the old one from your car without dissembling it. Then replace them with junkyard parts. I went this route because I needed Holes in the LCAs for the sway bar. You may need this upgrade to so It may be a good time to change. just a thought.

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i went with option 2 when that happened to me...

 

i just cut the shock fork then ripped the bushing out.. i overnighted some new bushings..
and put in new shocks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by komat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what does a new bushing do?

the bolt is still threaded in the nut</TD></TR></TABLE>

Necesita comprar un STRUT nueva...or...drill the bitch out of the strut.

 

i was planning to take the whoel controle arm off and grind it off

how hard is it to take off the bolt that is hook to the brakes or whatever its hook to

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by komat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what does a new bushing do?

the bolt is still threaded in the nut</TD></TR></TABLE>
usually the bolt seizes because its stuck in the bushing, i was able to get the remaining piece out by turning it with vice grips

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by komat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how hard is it to take off the bolt that is hook to the brakes or whatever its hook to</TD></TR></TABLE>
im sure everyone knows what youre talking about

 

forgot to say the lca
but losen it in 10sec

 

please speak english from this point on

 

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usually the bolt seizes because its stuck in the bushing, i was able to get the remaining piece out by turning it with vice grips</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea i see what he means now
been hammering the bolt out for hte pass 10min no luck going to use a vice grip now

 

did you get the bushing out?

if not you're wasting your time because the bolt is siezed in the bushing.

 

where do you live that you have rust problems. Here in cali you don't break bolts because of rust

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jwn7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you get the bushing out?

if not you're wasting your time because the bolt is siezed in the bushing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

got the bolt off by hammering it

hack saw and grinder did the job to get the welded nut on the strut

my car should be on the road in couple of days waiting for a bolt to come in


Modified by komat at 8:43 PM 12/26/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nicehatchy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">where do you live that you have rust problems. Here in cali you don't break bolts because of rust</TD></TR></TABLE>

i bought this car a week or two ago
the owner b4 didnt drive it daily he said maybe once a month. the car was sitting outside in the rain/snow/sun for a year or two, but for 2000$ for a civic hb cx with 115k soon with b16a2 not bad for the price

 

i used a torch and spread the bottom of the strut unitll it slipped over the broken bolt.

i dunno...worked for me.

 

i would of done that but i have some mini **** *** torch