I snapped the head off of the bolt using a breaker bar.  I had to take it to
a shop to get the rest of the bolt removed; it wouldn't budge.  They ended
cutting the other side of the bolt off and removing the control arm.  They
also ruined the $60 rubber bushing.  They also inadvertently bored out
the outside hole in the body where the bolt passes through by going crazy
with a chisel hammer. Then they couldn't find a replacement bolt in the
right size (NLA from VW) and stuck an old smaller shock bolt in there with
a washer that partly caved into the hole they created.  Now the camber
is completely wrong.

It's taken me several months to find a replacement bolt/washer/nut
set (finally found one last week).  It seems like people who are parting out
Vanagons don't want to remove something that allows the chassis to sit
firmly/roll.  I'm hoping that the hole they created doesn't have things
completely screwed up when I go in there to try to fix it.

In other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.  This has been a
self-induced nightmare.
Cheers,
Joe T.
'85 Vanagon with one slew foot.
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Most likely you will have to cut the blots just inside the mounting plates.
> Not a job for the faint of heart. Choices are torch and watch that rubber
> burn or careful execution with the Sawzall. You will need to cut the bolt
> and barrel on at least the bolt head side. Personally unless the alignment
> is so far off that you can really feel or you shave off tires in 10,000
> miles I would leave things alone until the rear trailing arms need to be
> removed for some other reason. After all, it has been as it is since day
> one.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Geo & Kathleen Hahn
> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 6:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Adjusting Rear Camber
>
> Bingo -- this (rusted in place) is just what I ran into.  Lots of days of
> PBlaster, impact wrench, long breaker bar, etc failed to move the bolt.
>
> Going on a long trip in a week so I really can't risk breaking or melting
> something right now -- will wait until I return to invoke some nuclear
> option.
>
> Geo H
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
> This is easy as long as the bolts are not rusted to the barrels in the
> rubber mounts.
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Geo & Kathleen Hahn
> <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com> wrote:
> > Thanks to Scott, Don & Roger for all the advice and that excellent link.
>