hey, i got this problem. im talking about the bolt for the rear shock, it attachs the shock to the lower control arm. well i was trying to take this bolt off to lower my friends car, and it was a little hard to turn, so i used the good ol' wd-40 and let it sit for awhile. i went at it again with a breaker bar and the damn head of the bolt broke off. i figured since the car has never been lowered before, it was rusted on. what the hell do i do now? the bolt is still in there and basically, stuck.

 

That is a common problem with civics.
What you will need to do is drill out the bolt and burn out the bushing and press in a new Lower control arm bushing.

 

one of two things.
1. drill it out

2. change the LCA and shoch assembly

 

this happened to me everytime I had to change a EG suspension lol ... you have to remove the lower arm and you have to cut the nut whos already weld to your shock ... after this take a punch and a big hamme to get this bolt out off the bushing. Replace the nut you have cut by a new one... weld it if you can.

I always put a lot of grease on all the bolts of the suspension now

good luck !

 

wont that take a lot of drilling? what kind of bit do i use.

 

Try to take off the lower control arm off. Which means the bolt for the lower strut and suspension area. After that, the lower control arm and shocks and springs should all come down. It should be easier for you to take that bolt off. Use a reciprocating saw (Dewalt) and make sure you get the saw blades meant for cutting METAL. Cut the bolt off where the bushing is next to the nut and it should pop off. Then you would have to drill out the leftover bolt that is attached to the nut and it should come off. Make sure you buy some extra drill bits.

 

got it so what kind of bit do i use? size?

 

a shop said they'd drill it out for me for 30 dollars? is this a better way to go? or can i do it myself for cheaper?

 

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that is a ok price
If you do not want to deal with the frustion of backing it out have the shop do it for you

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wd-40 is ****
try this stuff:
http://www.midwayautosupply.co...p?426

you can pick it out at your local auto part store

 

I just did the same thing on my del sol while changing over to a new suspension. I didn't want to deal with the frustration of breaking it out so i'm having a shop get the bolt out Of course this happened on the fourth one....GRRRR

 

same thing hapened to me when i had my del sol, it wasnt hard to fix. just upsetting at first

 

it is upsetting. i was going to make 20 bucks to lower his car, now he's still giving me 20 but 10 is coming from my own pocket to fix this problem . oh well, live and learn

 

Tell your friend you'll do it for free and make him pay for taking the bolt off.

 

actually i feel somewhat responsible for me breaking his bold

 

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