DAMN...broke a bolt installing rear suspension! >:(
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Okay, so the fronts took all of 20 minutes to install
But the rear bolts WOULD NOT move! I hate Honda bolts!
One broke (the one attached to the shock), and the other won't move (the one attached to the LCA)
I think I'm gonna head to a shop to get the bolts loosened, then go at it tomorrow
Any other advice before I hack away at it? I'll get pics up when it's all done for a comparison
But the rear bolts WOULD NOT move! I hate Honda bolts!
One broke (the one attached to the shock), and the other won't move (the one attached to the LCA)
I think I'm gonna head to a shop to get the bolts loosened, then go at it tomorrow
Any other advice before I hack away at it? I'll get pics up when it's all done for a comparison
yo. Search for "LCA" or something like that...mostly everyone who owns an old honda get this problem..I know I have..I put up a post about this last year when I went throught it...it sucked real bad. The fronts, like you took 20 min. and me and my buddy instantly broke the rear LCA bolt.
I was stuck with half a lowered car for a week, till we went to his dads where he had a torch and a press.
advice:
-get new rear LCA bolts from Honda plus new bushings either OEM or polyurathane.
-hopefully you have new shocks to replace the old ones, cuz I just cut half of the plate off the oem shock to get the bolt off.
-drill the bushing untill the bolt comes off, and take an air chisel and take the metal part of the bushing that is still in there off.
thats all i can think of now.
I was stuck with half a lowered car for a week, till we went to his dads where he had a torch and a press.
advice:
-get new rear LCA bolts from Honda plus new bushings either OEM or polyurathane.
-hopefully you have new shocks to replace the old ones, cuz I just cut half of the plate off the oem shock to get the bolt off.
-drill the bushing untill the bolt comes off, and take an air chisel and take the metal part of the bushing that is still in there off.
thats all i can think of now.
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