so I'm trying to take off my front upper and lower control arm so i can bring it to the shop to get my old bushing replace with energy suspension bushings, when i ran into one problem. i don't know what it is called but its a bushing with a bracket and 3 big bolts holding it in place to the chassis, i know its the lower control arm just don't know what that bushing is call connecting to the chassis i got 2 out but one is just spinning in place seems like there was a nut on top thats welded and the welds broke so what to do!!???

 

You'll either have to get to the backside of the nut or get a mean air gun.

 

Ouch, will probably have to get a hole cut in the frame rail, have the nut welded back on, and then the hole patched up.

You're referring the control arm compliance bushing.

 

thanks guys but sounds like a lot of work, so there no other way ?

 

Ya lifes great for me too.
I went to replace my flca and install the front gsr sway bar,....
However the lower control arm bolt that screws into the subframe just spins,

Well it is because the nut is is welded inside the subframe, and the nut has broke loose.....now there is a peep hole covered up by a rubber plug, this is where u can see the nut spinning when you spin the bolt.

Either u can use a screw driver to pry against the nut then remove the bolt, but the the nut drops and your screwed getting it back on the boltt, or

Cut a hole in the subframe, re weld the nut, close up the hole and weld shut, or

Swap the subframe.

Well I think I am going to go with cut a hole in the sframe with a torch, and weld it. Can anyone offer advice that has done this, or show pics would be great, I'm not too sure if I should cut a hole out, or slice up from the peep hole and just bend the sframe out like a flap

 

this sucks, has happened to me when my cousin tried to help me swap out my front sway bar. i was like WTF? you don't have to touch that bolt on the subframe???? yea. somehow we got the nut on top of the subframe out. put that nut on a long bolt, and welded the nut back on top of the subframe. with out removing or cutting of the subframe. how he did it, luck. a spot here, and a spot there. then he welded the whole nut on to the sub frame. somehow he lined the nut up straight, and everything went back together.

 

Well I understand how it may be possible to get wour weld stick through the peep hole, but no way without opening the subframe is it possible to weld all the way around nut, the hole about the size of a nickel, and offset from the nut itself.plus its a good weld needs a clean surface. I was hoping someone went through peep the hole, but the nuts entirley enclosed besides the peephole, that's why I reffered to cutting back the subframe.

Well thanks for putin that out there, I probably will try to avoid cutting into the sub frame first. Its just such a small hole and limited access to the nut.

 

thinking about that, and since it was about 3 in the morning, im not 100% sure if we used the same nut from on top the subframe. saying that, it could have been smaller..... im not sure. i don't have the car anymore to reference it. i really wish i did so i could look. but it is possible to weld it from the bottom up. the weld doesn't have to be good looking, or clean. it just has to hold there and not spin.

 

Ya I'll take some pics of the ugly as hole I cut in my subframe, I can see how it was possible to nut cut into the frame. But I was like screw, grabbed the angle grinder, sliced a hole starting from the peep hole and made it large enough to weld it up so it won't happen again. See I live in seattle and this dumb *** city has pot holes every ten feet, that will easily taco rims, snake bite tires, and break weld nuts if your bushings are worn out. I was in the rain grindin that ****, I'm finishing tomorow. Overall it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, much easier than swappin subframe and cheapr

 

good to hear.