Help! Wishbone Pin siezed.

[Wildfire]

Whilst replacing all my shocks today I successfully replaced 3 corners got to the nearside rear and the pin that holds the shock and wishbone is siezed. I can get it to turn very slowly (got the nut off) but I can't get it to pop out the other side so I can take the shock off.

Any ideas?

The car had a dead battery today, and it seems to be one thing after another!

[GreenV8S]

Wildfire said:

Any ideas?

Nut put back on the thread to protect it, screwed on level with the end (NOT the soft end of a stiffnut), club hammer and drift, and beat the heck out of it. Depending where it is, you may find it helps to put a support on the far side to give you something solid to react the blow against. That might shift i, and if not at least it'll keep you warm while the penetrating oil soaks in. (You DID smother it in penetrating oil, didn't you?)

Worst case you use a pad saw to cut through both sides of the bolt, but that will be a *lot* of work. In case the old bolt is damaged, I believe SHENG sells replacement bolt kits.

[Wildfire]

I've soaked it in penetrating oil, but it's the pin which goes through the front of the rear wishboe and the top shock mount, so there is no room to hammer it from either side.

Cutting it out looks to be pretty tough too. I could probably get an air saw in to bits of it, but some parts may eed to be cut by hand.

[pupp]

Wildfire said:

I've soaked it in penetrating oil, but it's the pin which goes through the front of the rear wishboe and the top shock mount, so there is no room to hammer it from either side.

I had a similar problem... used a heavy length of flat steel stock as an improvised hammer. That moved it eventually...

[marks3drtaz]

I had the same problem and the only safe option is to cut the bolt both ends with a hacksaw.
This is not easy even with the wishbone off and even after i removed the shock i had to replace the bush as it had become one with the bolt.
It may also be hard to remove the front upper rearward bolt also should you wish to remove the wishbones as well.
Good Luck
Mark

[spend]

You have supported the hub assembly to take the weight off the joints have'nt you? They are very heavy!

Dave

[bluebottle]

I guess your's is rusted in worse than mine, but i clamped a set of mole grips on the bolt head and hammered the side of the mole grips to get it out.

[Wildfire]

At last success!!!

Soaked it over night, my father and I have spent hours patiently screwing and unscrewing with 2 cans of WD40. With the aid of my father and 2 crow bars I have finally gotten the bolt out with all bushes intact!! I should be back on the road in an hour or so.

Yesterday my famous last words on the phone to my mate were:

"Don't worry, it's only 8 bolts, hour at the most."

Right I'm off to make Pizza.

[spend]

Air ratchets are great for this BTW. Dave

[barreti]

Good on yer Wildfire. And don't worry about the one-thing-after-another syndrome. The car gets bored with challenging you eventually