This has gone on far too long. I'm trying to remove the 6 LCA bolts on both sides of my car. I have 2 free, but cannot get the other 4 on account of they are all stripped.

I have to resort to cutting them off because what I have tried, (2 impact guns, torching, pry bar, numerous Dremel metal cutting disks, even drilling through the bolt), and all of their failures to get the job done.

Just focusing on one particular bolt for now, i have obliterated it. And yet, it still will not come out. I need help! Someone has to have some sort of knowledge of getting this ******** out of the LCA.

Front:



Rear:



Still able to pry shock from bolt/bushing.



It is like this on both sides; able to move away from bushing when force applied.



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My bushings are all still good and not torn from what I can see. And I really do not want to start cutting the LCA and the shock bottom if I do not have to.

Any advice is helpful! Thank you in advance!

 

Those bushings are toast. Pry the shock fork away and drop the arm. If you don't have replacement arms then you're going to need new bushings.

 

Damn. Well, I thought about it, and decided to go with brand new LCA entirely. Chose Hardrace. Thanks for the help though man!

 

What I do when the bolt is seized in the sleeve that goes through the bushing is use a reciprocating saw and cut along the lower control arm.

That or if you are getting new struts you can just cut the ears (well in your design) so you can get the LCA out and on to a bench. Or just remove the complete strut assembly still attached to the LCA so you can get it on a bench.

Either way, like said before, those bushings are done for and wil need to be swapped out. Good choice on bushings, you will be happy with them.