MUTHA F*$&@*$'N PANHARD BAR!

[BigAls87Z28]

Alright, was wrapping up the rear suspension, throwin in the LCA's, the new springs, and my new on the car adjustable panhard bar.
LCA's went in like a champ.
Springs were easy
Panhard bar time!! Yeah, bolt to the axle is nice and easy...
go to the one on the frame...uh...yeah not coming off. Hrmm, let me get a bigger wrench here....nope nope. Ok, fired up the compressor. DAT DAT DAT DAT DAT!! Not moving at all. I tried breaker bars, Ive used a boxed end wrench to give me better leverage, and it doesnt even want to move!!!
The bolt will move around if I just spin it w/o holding the other side. I soaked it in PB a few times, moved teh panhard bar around a few times...hit it again with the gun, still nothing. WTF!!!
Any ideas or is there something Im missing on how to remove this?

[Jam]

since you already tried forcing it out, impacting it out, try pouring some rust and corrosion dissolving liquid like lemon oil and tap on the bolt to get the liquid to reach the inside, some times the corrosion around the bolt makes it impossible to break loose. and if all else fails get a steel chizle and break it off.

[Lt1_8U]

if you have room, buy a piece of like 12 inch pipe that fits around a breaker bar and slide it over to make it longer, nothing like leverage:nod:

[Ispooledurmom]

Cut the bolt

[sweetbmxrider]

can you drive it? bring it to the meet. i'll give it a go. otherwise, heat.

[Tru2Chevy]

Torch it till it's good and hot, then hit it with PB Blaster. That's how I got the front end of my Jeep apart to do hubs and U joints last month.

- Justin

[WildBillyT]

Soak it in PB overnight. Heat works but will cook off the PB.

[mtg6486]

sawzall?

[BigAls87Z28]

I kinda need to keep thr nut and bolt to put the new one in. I figured heat but was hoping for an easy trick. I tried leverage and still no.

[WildBillyT]

I kinda need to keep thr nut and bolt to put the new one in. I figured heat but was hoping for an easy trick. I tried leverage and still no.

Try the long soak of PB first. It's worked for me in the past on frozen suspension and exhaust stuff.

[wretched73]

theres this stuff called freeze off that works pretty well too....

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WzXNWe2sL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

[NastyEllEssWon]

x2 with justin on the torch and pb blaster

[edpontiac91]

About a pound of C4 should do the trick!

[Lt1_8U]

About a pound of C4 should do the trick!

haha, exactly what i was thinkin

[bandit88]

if you have room, buy a piece of like 12 inch pipe that fits around a breaker bar and slide it over to make it longer, nothing like leverage:nod:

just remember that the handle on the breaker bar is that long for a reason, they can break when you add that much leverage on that stubborn of a bolt.

-Deadtrend1

[Tru2Chevy]

just remember that the handle on the breaker bar is that long for a reason, they can break when you add that much leverage on that stubborn of a bolt.

That's why you do it carefully, and you only buy breaker bars with a lifetime warranty ;)

- Justin

[cdacda13]

Be careful when touching then PB blasting. I watch my HS auto shop teacher light a kids car on fire like that.

[camaro2you]

Im sure a member on there has that bolt laying around, i might even have one out back. Ive never had trouble like that on one of them so i say just heat or cut that sucker!

[ib4200]

whats wrong with the stock panhard bar? just keep it on lol

[HeadlessNorseman]

whats wrong with the stock panhard bar? just keep it on lol

needed to re-center the rear?


if you have a torch, heat just the nut a few times, ice it/spray it with water, and repeat like 10 times. Try to get just the nut too and not the bolt too much. works like a charm.

[Featherburner]

go the other way!

[Slow Z]

I kinda need to keep thr nut and bolt to put the new one in. I figured heat but was hoping for an easy trick. I tried leverage and still no.

It doesn't get much easier than a propane torch, it'll come right off.

[WildBillyT]

It doesn't get much easier than a propane torch, it'll come right off.

Yeah, it does. Oxy/Acet torch :rofl:

[LTb1ow]

BigAl is not living up to his name... your a big guy, two big box wrenches, lock teh one against the frame, lean on the other... not hard .

[BonzoHansen]

Yeah, it does. Plasma Cutter :rofl:

:mrgreen:

[WildBillyT]

:mrgreen:

:mrgreen:

Well, you can also use a cutoff wheel on the nut to cut a groove in it and then chisel it off...

[BigAls87Z28]

BigAl is not living up to his name... your a big guy, two big box wrenches, lock teh one against the frame, lean on the other... not hard .

Did that. Tried just about everything outside of heat.
Ill see what we can do at Adams. Watch it comes right off at the shop. Ill be a bit upset...

[GP99GT]

you cant just cut it and get a new bolt? whats so special about it? once you get it off it probably wont be worth **** anyway...

[LTb1ow]

Did that. Tried just about everything outside of heat.
Ill see what we can do at Adams. Watch it comes right off at the shop. Ill be a bit upset...

I will get it off. First try. :nod:

[//<86TA>\\]

you cant just cut it and get a new bolt? whats so special about it? once you get it off it probably wont be worth **** anyway...

its a special stepped bolt, but Spohn sells them

[nuttyprofessor]

the bolts were only $1.50 at the stealership, I snapped one and had to cut the other out of my 93. waiting a day to get the right bolts was well worth not getting agggrevated cause I couldn't get teh bolt out.

[BigAls87Z28]

Yah, well Im sure I could have found something at work, but I just grabbed a big ass breaker bar and got it moving. It also helped to have a 2nd person to hold the other end.

[Blacdout96]

when I replaced my bolts, I put in stainless steel so that doesnt happen to me again. been there with the impact, get a little blowtorch and heat that sucker up, and try to spin it, should come off, but soak it overnight with the pb befroe you do that.