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I am normally patient when it comes to my car, but I'm about ready to roll this thing off a cliff. Attempting to remove the old sway bar, I managed to get the actual bar off but it involved melting the end link bushing and just tearing it off. Now I'm trying to get the shock bolt out, which is of course fused to the shock bushing. Even if I cut the bolt off, it still will not come out. I've soaked it in Liquid Wrench dozens of times, let it sit for days at a time, it will not move. I've pryed, hammered, pushed, pulled, nothing works. I tried to push it out using a spacer and backing the nut off, but all that does is bend the ear on the rear axle. (I think they should replace welds on key structural components with just rust, because clearly it is stronger.) The car is only 8 years old, but by the way this part is seized I would have guessed 40 years. Any ideas for me?
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Posts in this Thread:
- removing rear shock... 50 hour job?, TML , Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:01:49 <-- Viewing This Message
- success, TML , Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:52:47
- I ran into the same problem on my 9000., Jeff Cunningham, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:40:16
- Re: removing rear shock... 50 hour job?, TML , Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:41:22
- where do you live?, turbosaab , Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:59:34
- Re: removing rear shock... 50 hour job?, andym, Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:56:47
- Re: removing rear shock... 50 hour job?, DickT , Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:55:59
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