I am lookign for some input on what I should do with this car I am working on, it is a 1996 Honda Accord sedan, not sure what model, but it does not have 4 wheel disc brakes. I dropped the front already and I moved on to the back and the bottom strut bolt is ceased up and I can't get it out. I have ran into this problem before with civics and integras, but that was easier to deal with.

I was thinking about taking out hte lca but I noticed that the strut is not connected to it, so what you guys suggest I should do to get this strut tower out?????

 

Well I have run in to this problem alot. I haven't worked on an Accord for a long time now and I no longer own mine and I cant remember if the shock/strut is connected to the Lower Control Arm, or if it is the knuckle hub Assembly. What I do when I run into Honda's with rusted and frozen bolts for the lower shock mount is to take my little very sharp plumbers close quarters hack saw and cut throw the bushing ends and bolt ends on the inside of the shock forks(where the bolt goes throw at the bottom). I usually just go ahead and snap the head of the bolt off so that you don't have to cut throw both sides of the bushing and bolt. Then remove the shock assemble and then you can take vise grips and unscrew the threaded end of the bolt out of the shock, just in case you want to use it again. Then I take the lower control arm off or the knuckle/Hub assemble out, (and if you are lucky like I am you will have more rusted and frozen bolts to saw off!) Then I always order all the parts from Acura new bushing and bolts, and then I use my Hydraulic press and the right sized sockets and press out the bushings and press the new ones in and then put all new bolts in with Anti-seize. Well hope this is usefull. Later, Jordan.

 

you can use a nut splitter on the nut, and we cut off the other side of the bolt because it was also rusted to the bottom fork of the strut assembly. we drilled the bolt out of the bushing so we could reuse it. the remains of the bolt had to be drilled out of each side of the fork, too. then we went to napa and got a bolt, a locking washer, and a nut and just used that.

 

When we put mine in we had to bang the sh*t out of it to get it to move. I remember also having someone stand on (or lift) the brake assembly while trying to loosen it and put it back in, it may take some pressure off the bolt so you can get it out easier.

 

is there any other way that desn't invlove cutting or changing bushings, too much work for a car that isn't mine, ya know

 

heat the bushing enough so the rubber just falls of > you will have to pry it out but it wont be so bad once you get the rubber hot enough > its a common problem on the accords > once you get the new bushings in grease the **** out of it >> every bold and nut should be greased >> this way it will take longer for the bolds to freeze on like they did in the first place.
good luck