Those 3 long bolts are supposed to push out once the nuts are removed.
If rusted enough this can be nearly impossible. This is another
improvement with the solid lower control arm front suspension. Those 3
bolts don't exist on the 85+ solid arms.

Mark

Alan Felder wrote:
> I am working on the front suspension of my 82 Diesel Westy, and have a
> question about some of the parts which I may not want to disassemble (to
> find out about).
>
> At the lower arm 251 407 153 B, there are three M10x80 Hex Head Screws N 010
> 480 2 on each side, which hold together the lower arm, the ball joint
> retainer 251 407 177 and the radius rod 251 407 059.  It is obvious that the
> lower arm is not threaded for these bolts but are the other parts?  Or, once
> the self-locking nuts are off and lots of penetrating oil later, will they
> slide (or punch) out the top or do they have to be un-screwed?
>
> So far, I have broken off the head off of one on the right side and the
> threaded extension with the nut on the other.
>
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