HELP! Lower Control Arm swap/Problem
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HELP! Lower Control Arm swap/Problem Upgrading to BMR lower control arms on my 94 TA and the rear bolts holding the original ones on will not budge. I have the the bottom nuts off and pounding on the bolts does nothing. Has anyone swapped these out before and can give me some insight?? it would be greatly appericiated
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uhmm do you have a torch so you can heat up the metal around the bolt?
do the bolts have a head on them to put a wrench on? if they do you could try turning them out.
could spray them down with wd-40 or penetrating oil of some kind and let it sit there for a while then beat the hell out of them.
otherwise you need a bigger hammer... unless you plan on reusing the bolts you can get creative
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do the bolts have a head on them to put a wrench on? if they do you could try turning them out.
could spray them down with wd-40 or penetrating oil of some kind and let it sit there for a while then beat the hell out of them.
otherwise you need a bigger hammer... unless you plan on reusing the bolts you can get creative
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If your talking about the large vetrical bolt I had to cut mine out, they were a pain to get out and wernt coming out any other way I could see lol. Mine had 165k on them. New bolts go in alot easier lol
They can be a BIG pain in the *** When I done my poly suspension the front ones were pretty stuck!!! So I soaked the **** out of em with PB Blaster They do make a Freeze penetrant now that would help you out 
Just keep at it & get a 2lb sledge or 10lber LoL LUBE the **** out of the new stuff with good grease!!!!
Just keep at it & get a 2lb sledge or 10lber LoL LUBE the **** out of the new stuff with good grease!!!! 
