We got the back of the car lowered, looked great.

Then we moved on the front. There are two bolts that keep the disc brake "arm" connected to the strut, and we got the nuts off and cannot get the bolt out. What do yall use to get it out?

Thanks, here are some pictures.

 

hammer them out. they're just press fit, meaning there's nothing really holding them in besides the width of the bolt. totally safe to hammer out.

make sure you get that harness out of the way first though. disconnect the sensor, and i usually pull the harness back (towards the engine) and hang it on the say bar so it's out of the way.

 

Try raising the control arm with a jack just a little. Also, a rubber mallot wouldn't hurt.

 

once you take those out, make sure you have something under the rotor for support, like a jackstand, or i usually fold a rag and put it over my floor jack to hold it. the whole rotor assembly will tip forward when you get those bolts out, and if it falls it will over extend the joint, and possible rip the boot which = bad. there's a lot of play, and it's safe to move it around, just don't let it fall or hang loose.

raising the control arm won't do anything. my guess is he's trying to twist the bolt out, and it's press fit, not threaded in. few whacks with a hammer and it will pop right out.

 

yes i used a jack and hammered them out when i did my ssc springs

 

ok, we've tried smacking it with a rubber mallet, guess were just being pussies about it.

 

a rubber mallet won't provide the impact needed, it will just kinda bounce off. use a regular hammer.

 

alright, shouldn't i worry about damaging the threads though?

 

no, because you're not hitting the threads. you'll be fine.

 

Put the nut back on the very end of the bolt to protect the threads when using a regular hammer.

 

if anything, i think this way would be worse. because now you're actually putting impact on the threads themselves, where if the nut is off you're not putting any impact on the threads at all. i would certainly not recommend hitting the nut like this.

 

You can still wreck the end of the bolt and then you will have a very hard time getting the nut back on.

 

yeah, i was just gonna back the bolt up there till its flush. thanks guys!

 

Yeah.....I guess every other time I did it I was f**cking up the bolt, yet oddly enough it worked perfectly fine. And the fact I learned this from a professional mechanic means nothing either.

Trust me it is just fine and will not put "impact" on the threads.

 

they're designed to withstand the impact. they won't be damaged. i have done springs on probably close to 10 cars, never once had a problem with the threads being damaged. gm manual, haynes manual, all other repair manuals say to bang them out with a hammer. you won't damage anything doing it this way.

 

put a block of wood against the bolt

 

why do people get so damn defensive here? jeeze. i never said you were ******* up the bolt, did i? read my above post and pull out your wedgie.

and yes, the way you're doing it with the nut on is MORE likely to damage it. doesn't mean it's going to happen, but why take the risk.

 

It says you recommend not hitting the nut like this and that it would put impact on the threads. That to me says that what I said is wrong and completely incorrect and is worse then the way you do it.

I have seen it MANY times where not using a nut on the end of a bolt when hammering it out has flattened the end of the bolt, even if it just a little, and now you have a bolt that is NFG. I would much rather put the nut on the end so to prevent that from even happening. The threads will not be wrecked or impacted because you are not hitting it that hard in the first place. All that it does is save the possibility of grief in the long run.

 

eh. either way it's the same thing i guess, just a different way to do it. no use arguing over it, either way is fine.

 

calm down guys, ha ha, its on and its all good, just a little tapping with a hammer and it popped right out. the rest was a peice of cake with an impact wrench. Now were putting a new pulley on my friends dads gt500.

 

dead blow hammer will work better then anyone elses ideas wont hurt it and more force