LCA wont come off

[Civic Accord Honda]

ok so today i decided to finely replace my lca and fucked up raidius rod
ok everything wa going smoothly intel i had to unbolt the rear bolt on the lca






so how do i get that off with out cuttin the bolt? cuz all i have is a hack saw and that will take hours to cut thu that

i sweer everytime itry to fix this car something else goes worng

[AccordB20A]

sooo the bolt wont undo?? or when u get the bolt out its still stuck there. it looks like you need to do some editing with the hammer

[russiankid]

No other way besides cutting it. My brother and I had the same problem on my car. 4lb hammer, air hammer, heating the bolt, nothing worked. Got 4" grinder and just cut it.

[Civic Accord Honda]

the bolt is un scerwed but wont come out that sleeve thingy is stuck to the bolt

[russiankid]

the bolt is un scerwed but wont come out that sleeve thingy is stuck to the bolt

that is because the bolt and sleeve are rusted together. You won't be able to separate them, and the bushing is toast.

[Civic Accord Honda]

yeah im calling about renting the tool
and i deff know the bushing is dead lol im replaceing the whole lca since that one is striped were the radius rod contects

[Oldblueaccord]

Looks like maybe the bracket caught on the bolt and it brnt it out. The frame flanges should be straight not all bent out. There pretty weak its easy to bend them. Maybe try bending the flange or tightening the bolt up again and get everything straighten back out. Or try using a C-clamp.


EDIT: maybe vise grip the sleeve and crank on the bolt.

Really a 4" grinder at Harbor frieght are like 25$ im pretty sure. Just grind the head off.


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[Oldblueaccord]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91223


I hate Chinese shit but here it is. Wear safey glasses.


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[russiankid]

Looks like maybe the bracket caught on the bolt and it brnt it out. The frame flanges should be straight not all bent out. There pretty weak its easy to bend them. Maybe try bending the flange or tightening the bolt up again and get everything straighten back out. Or try using a C-clamp.


EDIT: maybe vise grip the sleeve and crank on the bolt.

Really a 4" grinder at Harbor frieght are like 25$ im pretty sure. Just grind the head off.


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I got mine for $20 at one of those stores that go from city to city on an 18 wheeler.

[2oodoor]

Big Lots.. ftw! 19.95 , those chinez-tool grinder 's
have suicide switches so be carefull! I have one that I took the guard off of and put a sevan inch cut off wheel on.. dooly named "the death grinder" /I do not recommend doing that, but then I do a lot of stuff I dont recommend anybody else do.. LOL
Nothing stops the death grinder.. not even your death because the switch stays on..muah hahahaaaa, until it cuts it's own power cord... danger!

[2drSE-i]

try some Power Solv.......wow that bushing is worse than any ive ever seen....

[Pico]

I also had the same problem, I had to use a air chisel and a sawzall to get that mother off

[Civic Accord Honda]

ima just get some brand new lcas and have a shop do it lol
but i did fix my radius rod and some other random shit

[Dr_Snooz]

Try a Dremel w/ a diamond bit.

[carotman]

Like others said, you can't do it without cutting the bolt.

You will even have to cut it twice since the control arm is stuck there and you don't want to widen the cross member mounting point.

I ended up cutting the control arm on my car the last time I did it.