Rusty Bolts FTW!!!!

[thurmanmerman]

So im working on my lowering suspensions today and i finish the fronts and I go to start on the drivers side rear. Grab my 14mm and my breaker bar and have a go at it and the mother fucking bolt head snaps right off. FUCKING GOD DAMN MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!!!!! This is so retarded I can't even explain it. Anyone have a bolt that connects the rear shock to the lower control arm? I don't know if they are honda specific or if i can just go to macs and pick one up. The fronts had grooves in them so Idk.

/rant

[DelSlow]

you have to buy the acctual bolt...unless your ghetto...so go to Macs..

[thurmanmerman]

DelSlow;174489 wrote:
you have to buy the acctual bolt...unless your ghetto...so go to Macs..

I kinda car but I kinda don't. Its rusted and prolly won't be driven more than a year or 2. Where can i find the bolts?

[DelSlow]

i think i have some, ordered them from honda, there like 18 bucks a piece. ..

[bubba]

What do u expect from a car that's over 15 years old, most cars i've worked on that are that old are like that, especially if they've been driven all year round.

[thurmanmerman]

DelSlow;174497 wrote:
i think i have some, ordered them from honda, there like 18 bucks a piece. ..

Yuck! Thats half the cost of my springs. It may be worth it tho.

[inspector01]

Im sure i have a set or 2 laying around, but f-it just go and get some at macs, who cares??

[thurmanmerman]

Does it really matter if they are grooved or not?

[KA-T_240]

do they use those bolts as a way to adjust camber on hondas? if so, you should probably get the right one.

my car is 17 years old, and i have never snapped a bolt of on it.

[Bryce]

This is common and shitty. If I had a extra set I would hook a brother up!

Any bolt will work but make sure it's grade 10, otherwise you might break it..

[Afsil80]

Ditto, except for a bolt on the heat shield when I was pulling the KA out.

[darkelvis]

those grooves are to keep the bolt from spinning, but, most of the ones I see at the shop were previously fucked by another mechanic who reefed the hell out of them and spun the grooves smooth. just go buy some a macs.

[thurmanmerman]

They aren't going to back out at all are they?

[DrifterExtreme]

DelSlow;174497 wrote:
i think i have some, ordered them from honda, there like 18 bucks a piece. ..

well if you have some then there mine. as you still owe me a few... bastered

[thurmanmerman]

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?

[GarageAlchemist]

They have the exact bolts that fit at the scheels on Uni, they fit like they were made for the car. Ive bought a few there.

[DelSlow]

DrifterExtreme;174525 wrote:
well if you have some then there mine. as you still owe me a few... bastered

and by few you mean one.

[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...