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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

[turbohcar]

Well, I'm not so sure about that way, but hey if it works. A generous dose of heat may be in order for this one. Try a Mapp Gas torch (can be had for under $20 at Advance) and try to heat it up. If all else fails I can lend Phil the impact I've got out at the storage unit. It's 900ftlbs in reverse and 750ftlbs in forward.

Be sure to keep the heat away from the strut though. It'll explode if it gets too hot.