Slimsta Jimsta

alright, well i don't know the correct termonolgy for most of this stuff, but i'm gonna try to just bare with me now

for those that don't know, the camber kit i have replaces the upper control arm.

at the top of the steering knuckle where the upper control arm connects to it, there's a castle nut. when i turn the castle nut to remove it, the screw thing that it's on turns with it. i don't think i have anything that will keep the bolt in place while i turn the nut. maybe i'm not removing it correctly?

i've ran out of ideas on how to get it off, and until i get it off, i'm basically stuck with nothing to work with.

please respond to this asap if you know how to do it

thanks alot
-jimmy

bye

i dunno if its the same thing cuz ive never done it but i had the same problem when taking coilovers off shocks, the top nut holding everything on would cause the whole shock to twist with it, i used vice grip and clamped the shock and wedged it in something so that it couldnt move...

so in other words, maybe you could use a vice grip somehow

Slimsta Jimsta

haha, i know what you're talking about. it's different than what i'm doing though. you know all you have to use is an alan(sp?) wrench to hold the thing in place when trying to disassemble your spring/shocks? hahaha, i did the same thing when i was trying to install my coilovers, then i relized there was a hexagon shape inside the bolt. it made it go by alot faster

anyways, back on topic, any one know what to do to get the fucker off?

Slimsta Jimsta

come on, someone's gotta know how to get the fucker off

Slimsta Jimsta

hmm.. i just got a little bit of info on honda-tech so i'll see how that works out :-\

crxinout

you need to put pressure on it, the best way is to get it loose while the tire on it and the cars not jacked up but it hard to get to it. Another way is to use a crowbar and put pressure on the joint.

Slimsta Jimsta

i have a ball joint separator, i pressed it in there.. and no luck

what i was told on H-T is that i could just cut the ball joint and get to the head of the bolt since my camber kit will be replacing the ball joint. i think i'm just gonna do that right now :-/ or is that a bad idea?

crxinout

i hope you have somthing to cut that with good luck.....try sprayin wd-40 first

crxinout

if the cars on the ground and you turn the wheel all the way to one side you can get it off it works

Slimsta Jimsta

ahh i screwed up saying that.. i meant the dust boot around the ball joint that's rubber. sorry for the confusion. i just used a knife and got it off. it was soo gewwy with grease when i cut it open.

thanks for the help

now i ran into another problem though. the 2 pivot bolts that are on my control arm are on so tight i can't get them off because i don't have airtools and i'm doing this by myself. i couldn't even get the fuckers to budge at all. i think i'll just go to tuners edge real quick and hopefully get them to take it off for me.

well that's all for now. thanks again