Years ago I had exactly the same problem with a GT6. I started out
trying to replace the bushing under the car on the rear spring. By the
time I got through I had, what seemed at the time, half the car in
pieces. I tried heat, heat with pounding, penetrating oil etc. Nothing
worked. I ended up cutting through the bolt on both sides of the spring
with a hacksaw. Then I took the spring out and mounted it in a vice. I
thought that with a good swing with a heavy hammer and the spring held
in a vice that this would be easy. WRONG! The stupid bushing still
wouldn't come out. The rubber was absorbing too much of the hammer
shock. I finally got it out by drilling the bolt (leaving a little bit
on one end to take a punch) almost completely out, but it still took
several heavy hammer blows to dislodge the rusty bolt. For years I kept
the bolt on the window sill of my garage to remind me of how mad I was
that day. Being older and maybe even a little bit wiser, I now install
bushing bolts with a dab of white grease. I also use stainless steel
bolts, when possible, for this application. Good luck with your
problem.
Mike Denman
1966 Marcos
1965 Lotus 7
"Scott C. Williams" wrote:
>
> A simple hacksaw worked for me on several cars. I always use a new
> bolt anyway.
>
> Scott
>
> On 03-Aug-00, Scheuble, Fred J. ,HiServ/NA wrote:
> > heat is the only way to go, propane is not hot enough, you need the heat
> > of oxy-acetylene. there are small affordable units that use oxygen and
> > mapp gas that will work.
> >
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