I am in the middle of putting on some MM rear lower control arms. I need to take off the old ones first tho. I cant see how to get the chassis pivot bolt out, the nut seems like its in the frame and there isnt much room. Does anyone have any ideas?
dont forget to have the rear end positioned with jackstands so taht when the time to bolt in the new arms comes, you can easily line up the holes with the rear end and the back of the arm. This is the damn situation i am in and its a PITA and its taking me like 2 sets of jack stands and floor jacks to do it.
I had to use two ratchets to get my the bolts off on mine. It was kinda tight with the exhaust but I was lazy and didn't feel like unbolting it so I just weaseled the ratchet around until I got it on the bolt head on the inside of the car. Then I just put another ratchet in the frame recess on the outside and unbolted them. Kinda of aggravating but it can be done.
I ended up having to put a set of jackstands under my rear axle and then a small jack under the nose of the pinion to keep the right angle. Otherwise it is a pain to get the LCA to rear end bolts back in. Took me longer than I thought it would.
I agree, it's just a matter of finding the right combination of a short extension/deep socket or longer extension standard socket, etc. Might need a little heat from a propane torch (I like them, they help) and it will come right off.
I think it is 18mm. I just replaced the rearend on my 91 the last weekend in November. The bolts (factory) looked like wreckage from the titanic, and harder than hell to get out, a punch, a small sledge, and a TON of elbow grease and good couple of cheater bars helped a bunch. Good luck bro