tfwnoturbo

Hey guys, i'm trying to put new coilovers in and I've hit a problem. On the front upper control arm, the bolt that holds it to the body will not come out. I've been going at it for an hour now and it will not budge, I've soaked it in wd40 and put an impact on it but to no avail. Can anyone give me some pointers on how to get the sucker off? I'm so close to getting done. I'm doing the drivers side by the way.

eknine9

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Mine got stuck on the side with the windshield washer spray. I honestly forgot what I did but I managed to get my old coilovers off and new coilovers on without removing that UCA. It might be different though if you are replacing stock suspension with coils.

t2d2

iTrader: (8)

PB Blaster is a better bet than WD40.

tfwnoturbo

I figured out how to take 'em out without dropping the UCA. I removed the lower bracket that is mounted to the LCA and that allowed it to slide off to the side a bit, which lowered the strut assembly enough to where you could bring it out from the "cage" formed by the arms. The new coils went in the same way without much argument.

WD40 is all I had on hand and I had no other cars to drive to advance auto with, unfortunately. Thanks for the tip though.