[Shotimes] Control arm removal

[Midwest SHO Specialists]

Yeah, we beat the snot out of it.  We used (in no particular order), an air
hammer, hammer, hammered on a smaller socket, pry bar, and that's all I can
think of.  It didn't show any signs of movement.

The front ones were my fault.  I didn't have a torch (rather, didn't know
how to use it) to melt the rubber on the control arms.

Mike Kopstain
Midwest SHO Specialists
827 North Chestnut Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
www.MidwestSHO.com
Sales@midwestsho.com
----- 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
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> 11/19/1999
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>
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