Swing arm bolts/bushings.

[pete c]

I am finally getting around to putting the rear struts and spindles back on my car. I had to remove the spindles as the strut pinch bolts snapped and getting them out on a bench vise was somewhat less of a f'in PITA than doing it on the car. The passenger side swing arm slipped off the spindle bolts with just an average amount of sledgehammer persuasion. The driver's side was a different story. I had to beat it like a red headed step child. On the forward side, the inner bushing sleeve came with the spindle bolt apparently welded to it.On the rear side it came appart easier, but, the bolt has some pretty deep corrosion on it. It is now noticably thinner than the others. I tried beatijng it out to replace it. I even heated it with mapp gas and squirted it with kroil (better than pb blaster ever thought of being). Still no go.

Will more heat/kroil/cursing/beating get it out? Or are they rusted in for good?It is original, I guess. 93, northern car. I would also like to do the swing arm bushings. Are they replaceable? I did a search and couldn't find anything.

Thanks.

 

[projectSHO89]

The bushings in the ends of the control arms are part of the arm. Not available separately.

I had to do some serious prying/hitting to get mine apart a couple of years ago.

Steve

 

[pete c]

So, what yer saying is, time for new swingarms? I don't like the sound of that.

 

[pjtoledo]

That inner sleeve isn't welded on there, it's rusted on. And the bolts rust into the spindle. If you remember chemistry class, iron/steel actually expands as it corrodes, before the rust flakes off that is, so those are in real tight. Back to the vise and drill. They ain't easy to get out. The inner sleeves are a split design, not completely round like a pipe. If you can find the split/crack, force a small screwdriver in to open it up. Pound the screwdriver in from the end, parallel to the bolt. Again, not easy to do.

Perry

 

[pete c]

Is there a single damn thing easy to do on an 11 year old rust belt suspension? Lemme know if you think of any.