The bolt in my rear lower control arm where the shock mounts busted off. No big deal right, wrong


No if you look at the pic the LCA bolts to #18. that bolt is seized too .
Now the shock itself doesn't need to be saved so I figured I would just bust off the nut on the other side.

Question is, does anyone know a ghetto way of pressing in a new bushing with the control arm still on the car? I fear that bolt #39 is also seized and I really don't need to buy a whole new rear suspension today. someone help me out here


Modified by ILcrxsi1 at 9:20 PM 8/11/2006


Modified by ILcrxsi1 at 10:51 PM 8/11/2006

 

maybe I'll just drill the old bolt out of the sleeve


Modified by ILcrxsi1 at 10:51 PM 8/11/2006

 

^^^^

 

Use a bench vise and some impact sockets.. thats your best bet.. itd be a bitch if the lca wasnt off the car but worth a shot..

 

Drilling it out didn't work and I don't think I wouldve wanted it to work anyway because the sleeve was turning inside of the rubber anyway . Yeah that bushing is toast.

But I have come up with an idea. From what I understand the ES lca bushings do not have a metal sleeve on the outside of them and they come in 2 pieces with a sleeve to put through the middle.

So I think I can cut the old outer sleeve out with my sawzall then pull the ES bushing in with a bolt, nut and two washers. That is if the bushing design is the way I think it is, can anyone confirm this?

 

this is what i did and it worked great on a 91 crx si lca. i cut out the old by drilling and useing a sawzall. and pressed in the new with this contraption i made in like a half hour. it was perf

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1572365