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[MidwestDSM]

Alright so me and my neighbor are trying to get the suspension off his 02 WRX.
He is in the process of installing some agx's and we're am having dificulty removing the upper lower front strut bolt on the drivers side. It looks like it has a washer where as the lower bolt did not. I've tried putting a jack under the control arm and lifting it up, but that isn't helping at all. I've broken a ratchet trying to get this bugger off.

Is there a trick to getting this thing off? We pulled the arm off a 3ton floor jack to use as a breaker bar, but ended up ruining the ratchet. It looked like the bolt just may be siezed on the washer. The bottom bolt didn't have a washer, came off easily. Soaked it down the WD40 more than once, it just won't budge. Even used a 275ftlb air gun, and it didn't budge.

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Already posted up on Nasioc, no help yet. Anyone on here have any sound advice?

-Nick

[99Spyder]

If you are convinced that the nut is just stuck, clean up the threads, get yourself a propane torch, and heat the nut up real good. When you get it good and hot, hit it with the WD40. A fair amount of smoke will result as it sucks the oil into the threads. Do that cycle a few times and then put your ratchet with cheater bar back on there while it is warm. I have had this work quite a few times. I have also seen my Dad catch a can of WD40 on fire so use a little caution.