bluelighttaxidriver Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 How the piggin' ell do I get the long bolt that goes through the lower wishbone & vertical link out..?The two bushes look shot, & there is absolutely no give at that joint. Tried heat. Went & bought a 400Nm impact wrench. Not budging...It's a gt6 rotoflex by the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Can end up being drilled out. Hacksaw blade between the wishbone and the VL. It has usually siezed in the VL.Lots of grease on reassembly! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timireson Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I lost on one side and had to get a new hub :'(Other side needed 10 tonnes on it and a lot of heat and 5 hours!! Good luck.Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelighttaxidriver Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Glad you said about cutting, cos I tried that on one side. Bolt through the hub is indeed solid. Need to save the hub, so careful drilling is the next step... Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing something obvious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 They can be (and frequently are) complete b@st@rds. Hateful things. I've done alot of them and also dealt with the after effects of some very untalented "removal" methods.Heat. Red heat. More heat. BIG hammer. Heat. Long breaker bar (tends to snap bolt, which is not necessarily helpful). Also had reasonable results drilling through the bolt housing with a 3mm drill in several spots and dosing with Plus Gas for several days before returning to violence.As far as the one that holds the radius arm bracket, unless the bracket is utterly beyond in-situ repair, just leave it alone!It is possible to successfully drill them out with a hand held drill. I've done several like this. Requires a selection of sharp drills, care and plenty of patience.Good luck....Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelighttaxidriver Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Thanks.... :-/ One side is going to have to be drilled out, as I cut through the bolts...Do want the bushes changed though, as looks like it's been a very long time since they were touched.Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 If ye cut thru the bolts, then if ye got a bigg stout vice, bung in, and plenty of heat with a good size gas bottle nozzle, about an inch is okheatup lowerbit, and wack with a mashe hammer and a good punch,if its flush wid the housinggo to other side if it moves a wee bit, and wak bak an forthafew times its going, it will goThis also aplise to the shocker bolt.BUTT, a method i use, is to crnch up in vice,and heat, and more vive pressure,and all a sudden a bigg bang, as its fee,d offsecret is plenty of heat and pressureM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelighttaxidriver Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Nice one thanks. Won't be in the garage till Tuesday now. Borrowed a blowlamp, so will get it nice & hot. Nowt wrong with a bit of brute force... :)Just to be sure though... Is there any danger of weakening the bracket composition by using a blowlamp too long...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc F Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Had to drill mine out a long time ago - pure rust... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 No, Ive had some really hot, but its just the near area that gets really red hot.tiptoptip, bung some holes in, tap em, and some set bolts to tighten up against the boltthen ye can take oot, and a few drops of oil into each hole, it stopps it frae rusting upcan also doo same to other bushes too,, and or grease nipples too.nevr suffer another stuck bolt,!!M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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