i have a 96 integra gsr

i was installing my reinforcement bar and everything was going smooth until i went to bolt back up my lower control arms.

the bolt that came with the ASR bar meant for that location only goes in 6/8 of the way and wont go any further, any help on how to bolt this back up? its holding the lower control arms up right now but they arent tight and im gonna have to walk to school tomorrow, fast input would help alot

thanks!

 

are the bolts on both side to short or just that side

 

both sides, its not that theyre too short, they just wont get in lol

the bolts go through the asr bar, the stock hole, the lower control arm, and some where after that it would go

i still have about a half an inch in bolt left on the asr side
you think the stock bolt would work better? or should i just hammer the hell out of it?

 

Fisrt take the bolt out and look through the hole and make sure that ur controle arm is lining up with the front and back hole id imagine that is getting hung up on the back hole cause its not lined up all the way. If its almost prefectly lined up try giving it a few tap with a hammer to get it into the hole but dont smash the **** out of it cause you could end up doing some damage. I dont think that the stock bolts are long enough

 

haha alright man, before i put the bolt in i made sure to line it up and it went in easily till the other end, ill give it a few hits with a mallet aha

thanks

 

take some weight off the LCA too, itll be easier

 

so today i went back at it n still had no luck

i unbolted the end links to the sway bar to free up the LCA a little more and still couldnt get the LCA to fit straight

when i looked into the hole to bolt it up you could see that the opposite side of the LCA was high

the ASR side was lined up but the other side wasnt

i tried lowering the car so that the wheels were firmly on the ground, still on the jack tho, and tried bolting it up that way too but no luck

any other suggestions?
thanks

 

I had similar trouble with one side on my car. I had to take my large 12" Crescent Wrench and twist the LCA while tapping the bolt. The shock for some reason is twisting the LCA.

 

ill try it out, thanks man

 

so i got back under my car with my 250 pound dad that lifts
i had him twist the LCA while i tapped/screwed the bolt and still no luck
he was twisting that **** hard too

any other suggestions?

 

Take some pics. Try removing the wheels. Maybe the bolt is the wrong thread pitch? I did mine with little effort, there has to be some reason its not lining up.

 

ill try taking off the wheel tomorrow, if no luck still ill take some pictures

without the LCA in place, everything lines up and the bolt goes in easily

 

try putting the bolt through the lower controle arm and see if it slides though that freely if it does then something isnt lining up rite. taking the wheel off is gunna help you alot make thing easier to manipulate

 

ya it goes threw the LCA smooth
its just not lining up
ill take the wheel off for sure and try again tomorrow

 

ya id like to see some pics.. its more easier to explain things

 

Never work on any suspension related parts with the wheels on. It takes two seconds to take them off, and saves you hours of useless work and headaches.

 

bump! updates please

 

Sorry to hear that twisting thd LCA it didn't work. Does some thing with a smaller size like a screw drive make it all the way through? Something just doesn't seem right. Please get some pictures.

Short-cut to my ASR project. Take a look at the pictures. Does everything look the same?
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2256572

 

Try loosening the other two bolts on each lca yet? (lower shock fork bolt and outer trailing arm bolt) Sometimes just relieving some tension helps.