umm yea while i was trying to get those lower shock bolts loose i managed to snap one of the heads right off


is my car a big paperweight now ... ?

 

No! You have the choice of cutting the bolt out and removing it by fragments, OR switching out the LCA + shock as one piece, assuming you can successfully remove the remaining 2 bolts.

 

i am getting ready to cut off the shock fork w/ the threads

using a dremel and a cutoff tool

if i did cut that fork off wouldnt the rest of the bolt just slide out...considering how the head is snapped off

thanx

 

The bolt won't just slide out easily, sure you can cut the fork off, but the bolt is actually seized inside the bushing. Penetrating oil and a hammer and a punch will be your best bet. ?

 

i hope i can cut the fork.........

anyone know where i can replace those bolts???

 

I used this cool hand-held rotary saw for the shock fork. I was told a dremel could not cut it.

 

its goin to the shop

 

My dad has this big *** torch, and made the fork red hot and crumbled off. I was sad.

 

Torch it or cut off the nut that is on it. Then take the other bolt to a hardware store and get another one cheap or go to the dealer and pay 10x more.

 

Ur best bet is to cut off the fork. Drill out the remains and replace with a bolt and nut unit
Use grade 8.8 and lots of anti-seize
LCA swap to because the bearings are sht.

 

heres what you do...
cut the other end of, between the bushing and hub assembly. this will disconnect you from the hub, then tale the other 2 bolts out on t he arm and take it to a press if available. press out eh middle section of the bushing out and then the outer ring in still in the arm. (the middle will seperate and rip the rubber.)
once that is done press out the ring witha socket or what i do is place the arm ina vise and use an air hammer with a chisel bit. place the bit on the metal ring of the bushing nad blast away. usually once you get halfway the bushing will fly out. you will ten havet to remove the bolt from the nut on the hub or break it off the hub witha 17mm and breaker bar or air hammer. then repalce with aregualr nut.

you will have to buy a new bushing from honda and bolt too. really isnt too bad, may take about a 1/2 if you have air and press.

 

Once you get it out, you will be better off picking up a new set of LCA's rather than pressing new bushings in the factory arms. Hope this helps.

 

why would you be better off?

 

Cut the nut off the shock that way you don't need new bushings, unless it is frozen to the bushing. That happend to me with the rear UCA, I had to torch it off.