Seized lower wishbone camber adjust bolt

[Greg212]

Got a problem... Lower wishbone camber adjust bolt is seized!
Truck needs new lower ball joint but this is stuck very tight (near side). So, I am trying to remove the lower wish bone AND the front wheel bearing/axle housing and then I can work on the lower ball joint easier. So, I slid out the front camber adjust bolt no problem, but the rear one is stuck tight. It rotates but no amount of bashing with a sledge will budge it. As it rotates (I have now ground off the lobes/cams on the bolt head) it also tries to rotate the wishbone - so, is it a bent bolt, or is it just seized with 20yrs of gung??
I am now thinking about cutting the whole lower wishbone off and replacing with a new one - to do this is a lot of grinding through the wishbone and of course cost to replace.
I have seen some similar treads and they talk about 9" angle grinding between the chassis and the wishbone - real thin disc - to grind through the bushing and the bolt.
Help - I'm beginning to think this might be the end of the truck - any help or similar experiences would be helpful
Greg

[shokenore]

So to be clear the nut is off and you now have a rounded off bolt.
The bolt is seized in the bush.
It may require some penetrating fluid first to soak in.
If you can get a firm hold on the rounded off bolt you could tracking it into position and then using the wishbone as a lever stick a bolt jack under the end and seeing if jacking it up will break the bond.

If you can apply heat from a blow torch or hotter you could melt the remains of the rubber bush away thereby freeing it all up

Or it could just be that with a friend's help you could try turning and hitting at the same time.

Sometimes it just requires a tea/smoke break and to re-focus.

I wish you luck.
Lower wishbone about £45 off a breaker.

[andyverran]

Sometimes it just requires a tea/smoke break and to re-focus.

I wish you luck.
Lower wishbone about £45 off a breaker.

Might be 2 cup problem...

[shokenore]

Might be 2 cup problem...

Black coffee now, mind.


If you do go all caps rage here is one that might be of interest.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-Hil...item3a924f0ee4

[Greg212]

Perfect, thanks guys, more coffee and a fag...

[shokenore]

Perfect, thanks guys, more coffee and a fag...

Let us know how you faired?

[Greg212]

Thanks for the help again. I resorted to taking to garage to get them to split the lower b-joint. I put the truck’s front wishbone back together and accepted that the wishbone camber adjust bolt was seized and that I’d let a garage split the ball joint (thus meaning I didn’t need to get the wishbone off).
However – this is only half the story - the truck failed MoT on this b-joint AND corrosion of the near side sills– especially around the near side front seat belt mounting bolts. The garage took one look at it and said forget it – second opinion also said the same: there is too much corrosion on the sills and not enough good metal to weld onto.
So, the MoT is out 24th July and that’ll be the end of K117 GFS. I’m going to replace with another surf and use K117 for parts – unless anyone in the Aberdeen area wants to take it off my hands. I was quoted £200 for scrap.
Sad to see it go but it had had a hard life and 7ish owners since 2003 and not much love by the state of it when I got it 3x years ago.
Ace vehicle and looking forwards to the next one - hopefully in better nick.

Again thanks for help this forum is great

[Sylux]

Bad news

Think about breaking it if you have the space and patience. You'll make way more than scrap.

Also, pop an ad on here and things will move quickly.

With that much rust I can't imagine what the rest is like.

What's the details of the truck (engine, gearbox, colour etc)? Is the driver's door rust free?

[shokenore]

That does indeed blow baby chunks.
Like Sylux has said if you have the space&time then scraping it yourself will recoup a good sum of money.

Good luck with the search for the new truck.