i can't seem to get the rear bottom bolt on the strut assembly to break loose, the 14mm and 19mm. is this common? the fronts were no problem but the back ones suck! help!

 

There is a nut attached to the strut itself (welded), if that's what you're talking about then try the bolt on the other side. I'm pretty sure it's the 14mm that comes off.

For one of them I had to heat it up and use an impact to get it off. The other side came off with a breaker bar.

Don't use constant force on it, use forceful jerks to try and break it loose. Spray it with some liquid wrench or WD40 and let it soak for a bit if all else fails.

 

Yeah be careful on the rear suspension components, the bolts can break off easily!

 

my rear blots aare frozen. couldnt get the bolt out but broke off the 19mm bolt that appears to be spot welded on because i didnt know it was welded to the strut

 

WD-40, a breaker bar (pipe over the ratchet), and maybe a friend.

 

impact gun

 

Mine was totally frozen in (lived in salty Minnesota at the time) so I had to cut and drill and cut and drill and use a torch and drill some more. royal PITA but I got it out. just be sure you have a replacement set of poly bushings...

 

yeah ther ususaly hard

 

yea heat it up, or soak with some WD40, use a breaker bar and a big friend

Just pray your rachet breaks before your LCA bolt

 

i found the same problem when i went to put on the coilovers on my car it seems to be a common problem, if you can't break it loose lubing it and heating it up you can always take a wizzer wheel and cut the welded nut off of the strut and then push the left over bolt through with a hammer and a punch , the bolts are pretty cheap to pick up at the dealership

 

same thing happened to me had to snap it off and weld it out and **** pain in the ***....

 

mine snapped.

 

Usually the 19mm bolts get siezed up in the steel inside of the bushing, there are several ways to approach it, but this is the method that has worked best for me.
Heat the nut up until cherry red then quench it with water, then use an impact on it.

 

thaks for all of the different ways to get it off. i have tried evrything short of cutting it and none of them worked, i guess i wil have to cut it off. thanks for all of the ideas.

 

i had to drill them out..