Rusty Bolts FTW!!!!

[inspector01]

thurmanmerman;174526 wrote:
I am FUCKED! Well I broke of the head of the bolt that goes through a threaded nut thats WELDED to the shock! Is there a safe way I can drill out the bolt? I was thinking I could jack the rear end up, take the wheel off and jack up the suspension and then drill it out but will that work without messing something up?

I did that to one of my old cars. Just get a drill un in there and start drilling right through the bolt. I did it and it came out fine.

[thurmanmerman]

As of 2 minutes ago make that 2 bolts I have to replace. Never realized how hard it is to work on older cars. My toyota wasn't even this bad!!

[Guest]

it's a honda/rust thing...

[MisterCMK]

Welcome to cheap import metal...

[bubba]

+1 on what tjamz and cmk said. Hondas = rust

[Cura86]

yeah hondas are bad for that. Its hard enough to keep it off the body.

[BlackEJ8]

tjamz;174771 wrote:
it's a honda/rust thing...

Expletive Honda's shitty suspension peices. I am in the process of replacing the axles on my car and I have to replace a few nuts that are rusted to hell. Even worse is mac's doesnt have the right size castle nuts I needed. Now I am waiting for Corwin to order the damn nuts as I sit here car-less and pissed off.

[bubba]

^ you probably could have gotten them at a parts store...I know we have a bunch of different ones.

[thurmanmerman]

bubba;174981 wrote:
^ you probably could have gotten them at a parts store...I know we have a bunch of different ones.

Who do you mean by we?

[BlackEJ8]

I checked a few of the places and they said they didnt have any, and I didnt feel like getting a whole new balljoint assembly. And who is this we that you speak of?

[bubba]

thurmanmerman;174982 wrote:
Who do you mean by we?

I work at Autozone....

[thurmanmerman]

bubba;175022 wrote:
I work at Autozone....

IF you have some what are the prices?

[BlackEJ8]

Yes, in for prices also.

[bubba]

Call the store and ask....

[ticklemedaly]

thurmanmerman;174717 wrote:
As of 2 minutes ago make that 2 bolts I have to replace. Never realized how hard it is to work on older cars. My toyota wasn't even this bad!!

all cars that old are that hard to work on. as cars get newer, they get easier to remove parts, but harder to work on/diagnose. but the one thing that hasn't changed much is fasteners on every vehicle driven in this area. salt + cold/heat + water + oxygen + age + our bad roads = easily damaged bolts that are external/exposed to the outside easily. this includes brakes, suspension, exhaust, engine areas and more.