Hey guys newbie here!

One of my mounting bolts for the front strut has been sheared off, probably from over torquing. I did a search on the forum and the most common way seems to be to bash it from the top till the welds holding the head breaks off.

I tried it but found the welds to be too strong to break off, in fact the plate its welded to started to bend.



The plate had bent quite a bit more (probably a 10mm clearance), but I tried to drive a wedge between the head and the plate to loosen up the weld before ultimately giving up .



Anyone have any ideas? Remember it's pretty cramped under there also...

 

hit it with a grinder

 

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that seems like it would be a bitch to do in such a tight place...hmmm

 

haha to tell u the truth i never seen anyone try to take that piece apart yet

why would u? i am guessing you stripped the thread on one of the bolts there?

 

Just drill it out and stick another bolt thru, duh.

 

lol hyung, seems like you and i are at the same life unsatisfaction stage right now.

 

all you have to do to remove that tacked on stud is to hit it from the top with a punch and a 3-5lb sledge hammer.

Mine snapped off brilliantly in an unrelated encounter with a pothole the size of a crater (alignment etc went ALL wack after falling in) and I found the stud mysteriously snapped afterwards...

Position the punch carefully and hit it hard.