2 of the clamp bolts decided to play hard ball, you know when you hear that snapping squeak wrenching noise that things are going to be fun.

 

Managed to get my new bushes on but damn, I though it would be the easy bit having got suspension sorted finally.

 

So beware the dreaded "squeak"

PlusGas applied before starting the job?

Yes I certainly used similar anti sieze/penetration lubrcant. Even let it settle in with several spray attempts as I didn't rush into removing the ARB clamp.

 

Though this was lubricants brough since house move a few years ago - and you know those straws, just get lost!

I think the straws really hence oil penetrate where its needed so may have helped.

 

Thought as effective as they are, if a bolt is rusted up then there is only so much those light fluids are going to do about it when it comes.

 

I have to say though in the end to get the thing out I need a lot of heat + oil + more heat and it still squealed like a bitch ( I had to file down the threads on the clamp held in a workbench - so I could get something to purchase them out ). So I seriously doubt just oil alone would have done it, I think its one of those things where anything like that its worth replacing the bolts at least every 5 years.

 

Also probably better to ensure you copper grease the visible end of threads so they don't corrode making extraction a bitch ? Thats what I've done this time

The threads strip out very easily which is why many bush kits come with new clamps.

Sometimes I get a passion for protecting the exposed ends of bolts/stud/etc, either lots of grease if older or Hammerite if newer and I'm doing the rounds with black Hammerite!

 

Sometimes I do pity the poor MOT person that ends up with lots of grease on their overalls from my protective measures!

 

The straw/tube on these dispensors don't do much other than avoid collateral pollution from overspray, I tend to have containers of release oil and use a long screwdriver to "feed" any nasty areas, maybe initially the night before then again early next day before trying to get things off, also a cheapish tap and die set with the correct sizes/TPI or metric equivalent description is very very handy for cleaning up the exposed ends and tidying up male/female threads after getting things apart.

Yes I certainly used similar anti sieze/penetration lubrcant. Even let it settle in with several spray attempts as I didn't rush into removing the ARB clamp.

 

Though this was lubricants brough since house move a few years ago - and you know those straws, just get lost!

I think the straws really hence oil penetrate where its needed so may have helped.

 

Thought as effective as they are, if a bolt is rusted up then there is only so much those light fluids are going to do about it when it comes.

 

I have to say though in the end to get the thing out I need a lot of heat + oil + more heat and it still squealed like a bitch ( I had to file down the threads on the clamp held in a workbench - so I could get something to purchase them out ). So I seriously doubt just oil alone would have done it, I think its one of those things where anything like that its worth replacing the bolts at least every 5 years.

 

Also probably better to ensure you copper grease the visible end of threads so they don't corrode making extraction a bitch ? Thats what I've done this time

I watched a video on youtube once of a guy demonstrating how to remove stubborn or snapped turbo bolts.

 

He basically heated them up' hit them a few times with a suitable mallet then he poured on some candle wax, basically he said the heat draws in the candle wax which seeps in between the threads making removing the bolts much easier. From memory they still squealed a fair bit though.