Upper A-Arm Removal

[NorCal66]

Well I'm just about done getting the suspension out, rear came with no problems. I have the front shock out and the spring compressed, but now I'm stuck trying to get the upper arm out. There is very little clearance between the bolt and the headers in the engine bay and I'm havin quite a bit of trouble trying to get those puppies out with a wrench.

Though I doubt it, I'm really hoping someone knows some kind of secret to getting those bolts off and I'm just PRAYING I don't need to remove the headers to do so.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Ozsum67]

You could heat em up, or spray them with some solvent, then use a box end wrench.

 

[skywalker]

I just used my handy dandy socket wrench...

 

[RajunCajun]

Believe it or not go to your kitchan and you may have what u need there, Crisco works wonders its a natural lube and doesnt have a horrible smell ( u cant get high from it lol ) if it still wont budge with a lot of it around the threads of the nut use a torch and heat up the area till it melts the excess on the threads and apply more this will allow it to penetrate into the threads of the nut if it wont come out then, then its either gonna twist and break or come off

 

[dodgestang]

TRUST ME ON THIS

If i can get my nuts on and off from my upper a arms WITH the shelby drop with my motor in place.....you can get them out with your 302 and headers. If they are stuck, shoot em with wd-40, put the box end on and slip a pipe over the wrench...I can do a 1/16-1/8 turn before having to pull the wrench off and reposition.

 

[NorCal66]

Haha, good point dodgestang.

Thanks a lot guys! I'll let you know how the whole thing works out when I'm done.

 

[67coupestang]

yea its tight but can be done i can do in with my 351W

 

[66P51GT]

Something like this would help. Not sure what size you'll need but these things are really REALLY handy to have around.