Lower controll arms!!! Please help

rayniak · 02-04-2006, 06:41 PM

Is there a trick to removing the original lower control arms(1992 lx)? I have the bolts off and have been spraying them with WD40. They still aren`t moving , Im beating on them with a hammer. Nothing. Any help would be great. Thanks

82 GT · 02-05-2006, 08:08 PM

The bolts seize to the rubber bushing which makes them very hard to remove as you have found out.
You can either burn the bushings out with a tourch, which really smells up the garage or you could use a slide hammer.

tmoss · 02-06-2006, 08:31 AM

I think rayniak might be trying to just get the arms out whereas 82GT is telling you how to get the bushings out of the arms once they are removed - right?

82 GT · 02-06-2006, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by tmoss

I think rayniak might be trying to just get the arms out whereas 82GT is telling you how to get the bushings out of the arms once they are removed - right?

Yeah, pretty much although the slide hammer is prolly what you'll end up using to get the arms off and a torch to get the bushings out.
I wanted to upgrade my upper/lower control arms when I swapped in my 8.8 rear but couldn't get them off either and I didn't have time to dick around with them so I kept them on there.......for now.

~The Jester~ · 02-08-2006, 07:45 AM

Most of the time they're a PIA to get off. Keep spraying them with PB Blaster, they'll eventually come loose.

Got the bolts OUT yet? Like the guys said, what exactly are you stuck on?

82 GT · 02-08-2006, 03:35 PM

The hard part about the uppers is that tight area you have to work with. Not a whole lot of room to swing wrenches let alone the weird positions you need to contort yourself into unless you have the luxury of a lift.

02-04-2006, 06:41 PM	#1
rayniak Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	Lower controll arms!!! Please help Is there a trick to removing the original lower control arms(1992 lx)? I have the bolts off and have been spraying them with WD40. They still aren`t moving , Im beating on them with a hammer. Nothing. Any help would be great. Thanks

02-05-2006, 08:08 PM	#2
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	Re: Lower controll arms!!! Please help The bolts seize to the rubber bushing which makes them very hard to remove as you have found out. You can either burn the bushings out with a tourch, which really smells up the garage or you could use a slide hammer. __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

02-06-2006, 08:31 AM	#3
tmoss Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 634	Re: Lower controll arms!!! Please help I think rayniak might be trying to just get the arms out whereas 82GT is telling you how to get the bushings out of the arms once they are removed - right? __________________ Tom (Torque) Moss 88Gt 5spd Vert, FLowmaster Catbacks, stock cam advanced 4° @ 108.5° ICL, NMRA prepped GT40P heads 1.85/1.55 valves and 1.7 rockers, MAC P headers Jet-Hot coated, 97 Exlporer intake (ported lower), TB and injectors. 277RWHP/330RWTQ (SAE). http://www.fastlanecars.com/

02-08-2006, 07:45 AM	#5
~The Jester~ Rat Killer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cold ass Ohio Posts: 1,143	Re: Lower controll arms!!! Please help Most of the time they're a PIA to get off. Keep spraying them with PB Blaster, they'll eventually come loose. Got the bolts OUT yet? Like the guys said, what exactly are you stuck on? __________________ d-Con Racing "Nothing fancy, just 347 inches of RAT POISON!" MICE need not apply.....

02-08-2006, 03:35 PM	#6
82 GT Import Slayer Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 2,241	Re: Lower controll arms!!! Please help The hard part about the uppers is that tight area you have to work with. Not a whole lot of room to swing wrenches let alone the weird positions you need to contort yourself into unless you have the luxury of a lift. __________________ '82 GT 351W (.060)Comp Cams 274* Extreme Energy cam, ported & polished heads w/ 1.94/1.60 valves 10.3:1 flat top pistons,stealth intake, Mallory dizzy,Holley 750dp carb, BBK shorties,Flowmaster exhaust,C-4 with 3700 stall converter, B&M pro shifter,8.8 rear, 4:10's, subframes, electric fan, powermaster alternator, 4 core radiator.

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