This is the nightmare my bigger brakes and rear disks have become:

The compensator arm needed to be changed, the bushings were destroyed to say the least.

Passenger side, compensator arm in the rear. We are talking about the side of the compensator arm that bolts to the chassis of the car. This is where your alignment for the rear is adjusted.

The nut and washer that slide left to right for adjusting the toe in the rear, have become seized to the bolt. This nut and washer are covered, and you can not get to them.

I cut a hole(which I wish I never had to) so I could get a pair of vice grips on that nut. Unfortunatly that didn't work out and I am still stuck.(its actually just round and not really a nut.)

My next attempt will be cutting the bolt. I have to cut it in two spots to pull the arm itself out. Then try to pry out the nut and washer from the car without damging it to much. I will need it to be as functional as before or an alignment will be next to impossible

If cutting the bolt is succesful, I will need to find a washer and nut that can work to keep the adjustability..so I can get an alignment.

I'm wondering if anybody can offer some insight on any possible solution, I seem to have hit a wall. This is damn frustrating.

Here is the ugly ******* mess I have created... Flame on.
The Arm itself...

The Ugly ******* hole...

The Bitch itself...

 

Holy **** man. I don't know what you would do about that one.

 

yep, you said it. I wish i knew myself.

 

that would be it for me, sell the car.

 

What happens when you try to remove the bolt?

I imagine you have tried using WD-40 or some sort of lubricant on either side of the bolt.

Have you tried to apply some heat to the bolt? It looks to me that it has rusted out pretty good.

Also, have you tried applying pressure to the comp. arm while you unscrew the bolt?

If nothing above works, it looks like you will have to cut the bolt off in stages.

Here is what I mean:

Bolt [chassis] compensater [chassis]circular nut
---------------^--------------^
--------------CUT----------CUT

The tool for this task would be the good ol' hacksaw.

m-

 

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I Thought about throwing in the towel. It would be twice as much work to tear it all down to nothing after i've spent so long building though. Its the very very last resort of course. And the last resort I don't really want to think about.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TGO-MD &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What happens when you try to remove the bolt?

I imagine you have tried using WD-40 or some sort of lubricant on either side of the bolt.

Have you tried to apply some heat to the bolt? It looks to me that it has rusted out pretty good.

Also, have you tried applying pressure to the comp. arm while you unscrew the bolt?

If nothing above works, it looks like you will have to cut the bolt off in stages.

Here is what I mean:

Bolt [chassis] compensater [chassis]circular nut
---------------^--------------^
--------------CUT----------CUT

The tool for this task would be the good ol' hacksaw.

m-</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanx for the post.

When removing the bolt, the nut and bolt spin together...along with the bushings that have torn from the compensator arm. The arm just flops around on the bushings and bolt.

I've used tons of wd-40 on it, yes.

I have been hesitant to use heat being so close to the gas tank and all, the next attempt I will forsure be breaking out a smaller propane torch. As well I have definatly tried every which way of applying pressure to the arm to get the nut to break loose.

I pretty much am at the hacksaw stage right now. I knew this before, my post is somewhat of a rant and a last attempt for any insight.

Thanx again.

 

u need to heat it up with a torch. it will come out

 

I had a similar problem with mine just recently, look here: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1619903

I originally used a sawzall to cut the bolt out, then I purchased a new compensator arm ($40), a new bolt and a new washer. O ordered my parts through majestichonda and got them the next day, good luck man

 

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hes right sell that pile!!!! haha jk. we will figure something out..bump for any ideas

 

Thanx for the post, the thread was helpful as well.


I do have a brand new Arm, with bolt and threaded washer on the way.

My concern was ******* up the inner collar thats supposed to hold that threaded washer, obviously its damaged a bit already because its spinning with the bolt. I was doing my best to not make matters worse....if thats even really possible.

hacksaw owns me.

 

better hurry before sunday!!

 

Well, it sounds like the bolt is not going to unthread from the nut...if you havent gotten it out already, i doubt youre going to, unlesss you use lots of heat...i would cut the bolt and get the arm out, take the nut out of the car with part of the bolt still threaded in it, and use 2 big vice grips to get it out or drill the center out...i dunno man, at least i got my bolt threaded out of the nut

 

weld the other end to the chassi and try