[Shotimes] Control arm removal

[Paul L Fisher]

We used an air hammer. They still wouldn't budge! Used a pickle fork, held a
siance, etc....

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 171K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, '96 brake upgrade, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil
Series 2000 0W-30 oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
'00 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0L V8 AWD Oxford White Clearcoat 41K Build date
11/19/1999
- Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 oil, K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit

SHO Club member http://www.shoclub.com/
Check out my web site http://www.paul-fisher.com/
Amsoil dealer http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil.htm

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Doucette" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net>
To: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>; "SHOtimes (Team.net)"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>; "TechSHO (Topica)" <TechSHO@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:17 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Control arm removal


> They rust in, Mike should have know this. You need an air hammer to punch
it
> out. Its very common
>
> Kirk J Doucette
> NESHOC President
> Stormtrooper-97 White
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Paul L Fisher
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:09 AM
> To: SHOtimes (Team.net); TechSHO (Topica)
> Subject: [Shotimes] Control arm removal
>
> Yesterday, I was trying to swap out both the front and rear control arms.
On
> the fronts, they came of the subframe OK and off the knuckle OK, the
problem
> is the bushing where they meet the tension strut. Couldn't get them to
> release on either sides. Any suggestions? I put the car back together with
> the old ones.
>
> On the rear, 2 problems reared their ugly heads. 1st, on the front one on
> the drivers side, the control arm came off the rear knuckle but there was
> some sort of steel sleeve firmly stuck on the bolt. No matter what, we
could
> not remove it.
>
> On the passenger side, the rear one was rather bent. It looked like I had
> hit a curb sometime. It must of been the PO. Anyhow, I couldn't get the
bolt
> on the H box to release. The nut came off fine but the bolt refused to
turn
> or be pulled out.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Paul L Fisher
> '93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 171K Build date 11/18/1992
> - K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back,
Holley
> 190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
> Stainless Steel Y-pipe, '96 brake upgrade, Delrin sub-frame bushings,
Amsoil
> Series 2000 0W-30 oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
> '00 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0L V8 AWD Oxford White Clearcoat 41K Build date
> 11/19/1999
> - Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 oil, K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit
>
> SHO Club member http://www.shoclub.com/
> Check out my web site http://www.paul-fisher.com/
> Amsoil dealer http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil.htm
>
> Get $5 free from Paypal! https://www.paypal.com/refer/pal=P3XEFFBFUFKN6
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