Lower Strut Bolt

[Fuzy Navel]

Ok i went to remove my struts today and replace them well everything went fine but when i went to remove my lower strut bolt it was frozen solid in strut thingy... anyways i end up cutting it off and removing it and me and my grandpa tried to get the bolt out and save it it was like rusted/frozen in the metal thing its like a solid peace of metal that goes in between the bushings anyways the bushings are torn and bad and we couldnt get the bolt out so i need to order these parts.. Went to the dealer Majestic and they have the bolt but i cant find the bushing anybody know where i can get this? i know there is a suspension restoration that has rear bushing kits but i dont know if it has the one i need...

[Fuzy Navel]

http://www2.autopartsauthority.com/parts/autopartsauthority/wizard.jsp?year=1988&make=HO&model=ACC-LXI4-001&category=L&part=Shock%20Bushing&dp=false

Is this it by any chance?

[halxi]

yes that shock bushing is it... i had the same problem when i did my accord, carefull pressing it back into your LCA... could bend/warp and create problems.

[Fuzy Navel]

Thanks so much for your help do.. For a minute i didnt think anyone was gonna reply so i went ahead and ordered the part so thanks man.... Do i have to press it back in? or will it slide back in with the bolt and everything?

[StressSolutions]

I am having problems getting the outer sleeve out of the LCA, perhaps I have tohave it pressed out? Jeez, what a pain! Learned a valuable lesson though!

[Fuzy Navel]

I found a way to get mine out... I hammered them to get the bolt out sometimes it came out sometimes it didnt... if it didnt i used a torch and got the rubber red and then used a screw driver to pry it out and it falls off really easy and then out came the bolt then i used a chisel and air chisel to chisel it out you can go at a angel and try to get it like one of my pictures on here or you can just try to been it down alittle and then just bush it out... and then i just used my dremel tool to clean up the little scratches i made and everything went fine after that.....

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1189704/Bushing1.JPG
This one i was able to get it to bend down alittle and then just push it out

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1189704/Bushing6.JPG
and this is the bolt and part of the bushing lol

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1189704/Bushing2.JPG
and this is the one i cut out

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1189704/Bushing3.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1189704/Bushing4.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1189704/Bushing5.JPG