we went to drop the lca could we could install my coilovers, and the bolt on the lca will not come off. we cannot get the lca bolted back up to the car beacuse of the pressure from the stock springs. any suggestions?

mike

 

What?

The bolt connecting the fork of the strut to the LCA is seized?

 

if you need to get the arm back up, use a jack.

if you need to get the bolt off:

1) try PB blaster / Liquid Wrench (soak it and let it sit, try this a couple times)
2) try heating the bolt torch
3) cut the head of the bolt off and tap it out

 

I was in your position a few days ago but broke a bolt and had to drill/grind it out and expletive was that ever a *****. Like said just use a jack to lift the arm up and have a friend manually alighn the 2 holes by pulling on the trailing arm until it lines up

 

Assuming you're talking about the back, bolt it to the trailing arm first then the body side. Best bet's to buy new control arms. They're relatively cheap. Use Anti-sieze when you bolt it together so, this doesn't happen in the future.

 

we got it. it was defnitally not easy tho. install went ok, took about 6 hours tho! lots of interuptions and bolts keep hiding from us. ended up going with tokico illuminas and gc coilovers. i went about 12 threads on the coilovers, and I think it lowered me about 2 inches or so. Great stance now tho!~

mike

 

...which bolts - exactly - hide from you when doing suspension on a Honda? Strangely, I've never had that particular problem

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...which bolts - exactly - hide from you when doing suspension on a Honda? Strangely, I've never had that particular problem </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ninja bolts. Duh

 

I think he means the bolts you stick in your pockets or the toolbox and forget than have to search for.

 

sux i tried getting some rear coilovers from a junkyard but the bolt the secures the strut to the trailing arm snapped... the search continues

 

best bet is to buy new bolts from honda, that way you can show the old ones whos boss

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by YoungKadafi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">best bet is to buy new bolts from honda, that way you can show the old ones whos boss</TD></TR></TABLE>

its expensive!!!!!!! 12$ a bolt and 5$ a nut

 

yea but lets say you snap an LCA bolt, good luck driving to hondy for another one. not something to mess around with.

buy the bolts and return the ones you dont break, you WILL break some

 

^I didn't break any on my 92 CX which sat in a field for a couple years.

 

use a jack and jack up the LCA.

 

yea the jack is your friend when it comes to this stuff