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okay so me and my friend were installing his coil overs yesterday in a 94 accord, we had gotten the front installed, and moved to the rear when we were removing the bolt that held on the bottom of the shock, it took a while before it broke but it eventually did.. and so we kept on turnin the wrench and the bolt wouldn't come out, as i go to look under the bolt is already out of the thread and it stretched the end of the shock and also when we turn the bolt the bushing inside spins with it at every turn, the bolt is still stuck im thinkn the bolt is rusted on the bushing... i need to kno whats the easiest way to remove the bolt and the bushing so i can get a new one and is it safe to drive the car without the bolt being bolted in the thread because its pretty stuck and what is the name of the bushing?? thanks n advance

 

Well within that jumbled mess I think I pulled that your rear lower strut bolt was seized up, finally came loose and is freely spinning in the center section?

I used a wrench and put it on the other side of the bolt's head and pulled it towards me while it was spinning.

Use some resourcefulness, you could've had it done all within 10 minutes.

And I wouldn't be driving around with it like that.

 

i've tried usin the wrench, but the bolt is sealed up against the shock to where i can't stick nothing between, whats the best way to get the bolt out including the bushing?


Modified by Homotor at 1:47 PM 3/21/2008

 

I'm not sure if you are referring to the bolt that goes through the lower control arm? If so you may have to use a cut off tool to cut the bolt. Then you can remove the control arm and either replace the bushing with a press or replace the entire arm.