I don't see anything broken in the photo, so I'm going to guess that's the
other side?

You need a hot wrench for that kind of work Neil, oxy-acetylene torches to
get those bolts red hot and break the bond. Same for the broken one - smoke
it loose and tap it out easily.

I'm sure folks will chime in about this spray bomb or that one but in 40
years of screwing around with cars, some of it for money, none of those
things save you time and money like a real set of torches.

Sorry Neil

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> This is for an '81 Westy.
>
> A nut/bolt end snapped off on passenger side. On driver side, one bolt
> turned slightly, but the threads didn't. I think it's a hair away from
> snapping. <rolls eyes> These fasteners are obviously rusted to the
> lower BJ adaptors.
>
> PIC:
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/RadiusArmBolts.jpg/RadiusArmBolts-full;init:.jpg
>
> I pre-applied penetrating oil, but aside from heat, vibration, are
> there any tricks to removing these bolts? Or am I looking at removing
> the lower control arm and drilling etc.?
>
> Anyone else who's snapped these, managed to drift out the remaining
> piece(s) of bolt(s)?
>
> Please and thanks!
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>

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