Thread: anyone ever had the rear strut bolts welded in place by rust?

I was taking the rear strut off of my b13 and both of the bolts that connect the strut to the hub were rusted to it. I even broke the head off of the bolt. I've tried air hammering the leftover bit from both sides and it doesn't move. I had the rear struts off this car a few years ago, and nothing else showed signs of rust. I guess I'm going to have to take the whole hub off and either press it out or drill it out.

heat?

dang, and in Oklahoma, is that where the car has spent it's whole life?

It was in missouri (it just spells wrong) originally. The only serious rust on it is where the paint is missing from being nissan paint and it's surface rust.

I had the most epic b13 moment. I was lowering two b13 se-r's at the SAME TIME. I was doing a strut swap and that bolt broke. So I lowered my daily and left the other on the rack.

I have old school air/hydraulic post lifts, the controls are metal pipes with valves, they are away from the cars, I get all dr frankenstein like.

lol.. hilarious..

dude, I have some serious need for some help if you wanna give me and red91sr a hand with my car... maybe I can talk him into traveling to your place, have a little B13/Tulsa area geek out.... he has a turbo'd B13 and mine just has cams.. here's a thread where I'm begging for assistance....

http://www.sr20-forum.com/tuning/38578-jwt-ecu-makes-my-car-run-rich.html

This time I swear I won't flake out, we just gotta convince David to come out too..

Every bolt on my car gets stuck like that. I use PB Blaster and a torch about as much as my left hand

That's 5 pages of stuff to read vqman. What exactly do you need help with?

I tried taking the whole hub off and that long ass bolt is frozen too. I got it to spin but the bushing in the control arm spins with it. I still wasn't able to get the broken bolt out. I tried drilling it out and found out all of my drill bits are chipped or worn out, that's what I get for letting people borrow them. Really nice irwin set. Good thing it's my second car. I put it back together because there was money to be made, when things slow way down I'll give it another shot.

unfucking my ride.. lol

going to install SAFC2, wideband, CAI, clean/reground my MAF.. clean out my IACV valve.. maybe reground most everything on my ride, install grounding kit,



i need a second car too..

Do yourself a favor and brush some anti seize on the bolts and never have that problem again ! It can be your best freind ! I'm anal when I comes to bolts exposed to the elements . I spray all the bolts and nuts under my car with under coat or rust proof spraypaint to keep them from rusting .

rusted bolts are the worst.. especially in our older cars. one time it took me 4 hours to remove a strut bolt... biggest PITA ever!