today i was taking out my passanger side axle to get ready to pull my motor out (h22 coming in thurs) and i was trying to get my lower ball joint out with a 2/3 jaw puller (pos didnt work so i pounded the hell out of my lower control arm and got it out) and it kinda made the bolt into a square shape at the end. i was thinkin of rethreading it but if its in a square shape im thinking it wont help much at all... so im wondering what are some other options that are out there?? thx!

 

sayyyyyyyy whatttttttttt?

 

i think you're screwed too have you tried putting the bolt back on? maybe you could take off the entire control arm and take it somewhere to get the old bolt pressed out, get a new one from honda and put it in might try the rethread too - it might work.

 

ok sry for the confusion heres a pic

ok in the neon circle is there anyway of getting in there and replacing that bolt?

and in the yellow is the bolt that i screwed up

 

this happened to me also, what I did was...buy a balljoint from Honda which cost around 40 bucks, and got a shop to press out my old ones and press in the new ones for 20 bucks. Good luck.

 

damn im low on cash too!!

 

maybe find a friend or local junkyard that has the control arm for like $40 or less prolly.
what year civic ... i have a friend with a few spare control arms .. maybe i could get one pressed out here and you could have it for $0.32 for shipping

 

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low on cash and about to do a swap? good luck.

 

what i do to get that out of the lower control arm is...jack that bolt up......put a hydraulic jack under that bolt..that should help...

 

you can try grinding down the "mushroomed" part so you can get the nut back on,and then run a die over it to clean up the threads.i've done that a couple times and was able to get it usable again..lesson learned.
chris


Modified by TeamNextGenChris at 4:25 AM 2/3/2004

 

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i got all the parts all i really need to do i put it in, just waitin for them to come in

 

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i got all the parts all i really need to do i put it in, just waitin for them to come in </TD></TR></TABLE>

oh, that's why you're low on cash.

 

Bah re thread it

 

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yeah get ready for those multiple part store runs, EVERY FREAKING TIME!!!!!
haha good luck man

 

Man i used to strip those all the time take apart ur die handles off and get it re threaded no biggie take your time.

 

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ok in the neon circle is there anyway of getting in there and replacing that bolt?

and in the yellow is the bolt that i screwed up

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damn! my friend did that too! sux......not to mention he crossthreaded it.

 

pick up a die set and see if you can re thread it enough so you can thread a bolt onto the undamaged threads. or pop the whole knuckle out (using a pickle fork or tie rod puller mind you) and replace the whole ball joint, which might be your only choice if you messed the threads up beyond repair. Next time use a pickle fork/tie rod puller for those pesky ball joints

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TeamNextGenChris &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can try grinding down the "mushroomed" part so you can get the nut back on,and then run a die over it to clean up the threads.i've done that a couple times and was able to get it usable again..lesson learned.
chris


Modified by TeamNextGenChris at 4:25 AM 2/3/2004</TD></TR></TABLE>agreed, grind it down or file it...

 

Have fun trying to re thread that part with the holes there, I did it once, it worked but it took so long I was about to give up when it worked.

 

LOL ouch dude you should have went to Sears with $15 and got yourself one of these bad boys....

 

you're not supposed to pound the bolt....you hit the side tab of the control arm, which loosens up the joint....

 

While I don't recommend pounding those out, if you are going to do it at least put the nut back on and pound on the nut instead.

 

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that's what i did

 

First off, don't ever work on your car again. Second off, you are screwed.

How did you manage to do that? I'm so confused at this point. I would say take off the whol assembly and take it somewhere to get the bolt removed.. Then buy another from honda(which will prolly be 20 bucs) and then put it all back together without sucking at life this time.

 

I have had nothing but problems with those damn pickle forks. I switched and started using this kind. I love em and makes it so easy.



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