p80 nasty bad turds thread , renamed

Post by **abscate** » 13 Oct 2020, 05:14

Not sure if this is worthy, but had a nasty stuck strut bolt that snapped off during front end work, and also froze shaft in the knuckle. Was stuck for quite a longtime.

I ended up Dremel opening up the strut metal and popping off the strut with a pry bar

That Dremel work took 3 minutes

Cookeh · Post by **Cookeh** » 13 Oct 2020, 05:25

Scenarios line this make me wonder if an air hammer would be a good investment.

Post by **volvolugnut** » 13 Oct 2020, 07:58

Keep those rust bucket stories coming. They make me appreciate that road salt is not used here.
volvougnut

Post by **abscate** » 13 Oct 2020, 18:25

Renamed thread to encourage people to post their bad carvrepair problems requiring “ innovative” approaches

Grinding, Dremel, oxyacetylene are all good indicators of thread worthiness

Post by **abscate** » 13 Oct 2020, 18:28

Lower control arm bolt fused to metal collar in rubber bushing

Had to be cut with 4.5 inch wheel.

Nasty!

850oldschool · Post by **850oldschool** » 13 Oct 2020, 18:43

I probably would have tried the angle grinder first on the strut. The Dremel would have been plan B.

turbo = angle grinder
NA = Dremel

"Carvrepair" has been permanently added to my lexicon.

Post by **abscate** » 13 Oct 2020, 20:12

Those reinforced Dremel wheels are great cutters. It was seconds to cut out around that stuck stud, not minutes.

The fused bolt on the lower control arm was awful In comparison

Post by **scot850** » 13 Oct 2020, 20:42

Well were would the fun be if all jobs went as planned??

If all jobs were as planned you would not need the fancy tools like grinders and Dremels!! And if you even had the tools they would just stay shiny in their original packing.

As I seem to seldom had a job goes as planned, the worst case was the swapping the winter tires on to the V70R prior to a planned sale to fing the sub-frame cracked through! Long timers know how that worked out.............!

You are getting there each day and fewer knuckles left to remove the skin from.

Good luck with the rest!

Neil.

Post by **volvolugnut** » 14 Oct 2020, 13:40

Carvrepair tool list:
cheater pipes (various lengths)
BFH (various weights)
vise grips
pipe wrenches
abrasive grinders (various sizes)
gas wrenches (various temperature ranges)
magnetic parts pickup tool
finger parts grabber tool
adhesive tape (various strengths)
bandaids
emergency medical phone number/address

volvolugnut

Post by **BlackBart** » 14 Oct 2020, 15:02

^^ Good list.

On my son's LR3 Land Rover, we needed to change an air strut on one corner. Simple enough. Big bolts. Big everything on this car. We got the nut off, but the bolt itself was bonded / fused to the strut sleeve and no amount of pounding or PB blaster or heat would budge it. I pounded until it mushroomed.

We resorted to a sawzall with a badass Diablo blade. The head is recessed in the control arm stamping so you can't get behind it. We went in from beneath and cut the shock/strut sleeve collar and the bolt without cutting into the control arm. Went pretty fast after that decision - if you knew ahead of time there'd be trouble, you'd pull out the big guns and it would go pretty fast, but you always start with little wrenches and OE technique, and the job drags on!

That bolt shaft never did come loose.

Thin-sliced pepperoni - it was pretty accurate.