I need to remove one of my front suspension wishbones,but I came to a grinding halt when it came to removing the ball joint.I removed the nut on the torq bolt that pinches to ball joint but the bolt itself just keeps turning and wont come out,if I whack a spitter in it just makes the bolt tighter,how the hell does this damn bolt come out?
2006-12-02 01:50:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Where the threaded shaft comes through the cast hit the cast hard with a heavy hammer this will dislodge it 99% of the time
2006-12-02 01:54:38 · answer #1 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Us an old mechanics trick drill a quarter inch hole in the lower part of the hub that goes round the shaft drill the hole deep enough so that it penertrates the shaft as well then push a rod into the hole so that it is right home , then when you undo the nut the shaft it is locked against the hub and the nut will unscew
2006-12-02 16:45:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is needed is Brute Force and Ignorance. After hammering it out you WILL need a new bolt.
2006-12-03 11:12:25 · answer #3 · answered by Bandit600 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you have took the nut off ... you need to knock out the bolt with a hammer and drift .... always repace the pinch nut & bolt
2006-12-02 13:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by Tony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
knock the bolt out with a hammer as tony says, you should always replace this bolt
2006-12-02 19:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by D McC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋