So I ended up stripping the head on the bolt through the LCA and Trailing arm. I got the head of the bolt cut off, but I can't get my angle grinder and cutoff wheel in around the back to cut off the welded on nut.
How does everyone else do this?
Thanks a lot!

 

I've seen people cut the U shape on the shock itself. If you are wanting to reuse that shock, good luck.

 

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Yes, I am reusing the shock


Any ideas?

 

drill it out from the welded in nut and then use a punch and a bmfh to knock out that bolt. use some stainless grade 8 bolts and nuts to replace it? prolly not the best way to do it but its an idea

 

Lmao I'm having the same problem but I haven't found a good solution yet so i haven't taken it off lmao.


These are what im waiting to put on Lmao

 

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These are what im waiting to put on Lmao
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easier solution for you because you could just cut thru those LCA since you are replacing them.
-Tim

 

I would take off the tire and try and drill it out with a steel bit, it takes time but I had to do that when I snapped my top fork bolt lol

 

Actually no thats not the strut bolt its the one to the far right to the lower rear disc assembly that bolt on the other side is spot-welded into place my stripped bolt is harder to replace. you can just cut the other bolt on the other side of your strut off go to home depot and buy a new one that will bolt in with lock washers. I just reread the post I thought you had the same problem I did.

 

Oh, it's that bolt. I thought it was for the bolt holding the shock.

Try a dremil with a cutoff wheel on the spot welds.
I'm glad I slathered anti-seize on all of my bolts down there.

 

I see you are replacing the lower control arm. Get out the hot knife ( oxy acetylene torch) burn out the bushing in the lower control arm. then you can cut the sleeve and bolt at the middle. this will allow you to remove half the bolt. work the control arm around the remaining piece of the bolt you should be able to use a pair of vice grips to turn the rest of the bolt out.

 

Have you tried hammering on an impact socket thats a one size smaller? Sometimes you can get enough bite to turn the bolt.

 

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thats what i was about to say

 

^^ thats an idea too, or one of those sockets that are made to extract busted and rounded bolts. Get a breaker bar and hammer one of those bad boys on and that bolt should slip right out... also get some nice lubricant/rust eater on that too and let it sit.

 

if you have a welding machine, weld a bolt to it

 

go to sears, get those reverse sockets for stripped and rounded bolts. then return the ***** after your done and say they dont work. or keep em.

 

actually all those suggestions are good the one I was going to try was taking a dremel and shaving it down a little to make it a size smaller. Its a 14 so I wanted to shave it down so its a 13mm then heat up the other side to see if it comes out easier. Just so you guys know i do have the bolt extractors that craftsman make but im going to try my way first.

 

Do you want the bad news first. 9 times out of 10 when the bolt gets stuck like that it is not the threads that are seized it is the shaft of the bolt that has rusted to the bushing sleeve. Good luck getting it out