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Originally Posted by 175K911
Heat may be your friend. When I tried to get the shock bolts out of my current '86, they wouldn't budge. Tried everything else and finally put head to the control arm. About a minute into the heating process there was a puff of smoke and out the bolt came.
Apparently somewhere in the history of the car before I owned it someone put Loctite on the bolt and it needed heat to melt before the bolt would turn. But be careful, the last thing you want to do is damage the threads in the control arm.
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I think I used a little heat too but I didn't get a puff of smoke or anything. I doubt the Loctite theory since I don't believe even
really good Loctite will stand up to that much torque ... they just get rusted and set in and they don't want to let go. The best thing I can tell you is what I told you before and that is that they
will come loose. It is soooooo scary when they won't budge but with enough force and PB Blaster they will eventually give up. You will hear a really funny sound like a door creaking and then they will slowly get looser and looser. The bolts are really hard so they can stand some abuse.