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1968GMC · 04-04-2004, 05:51 PM

Ok my second hickup. I broke a pin for upper control arm. I treid to remoove it by hitting the end and it wont budge. Am I doing something wrong? How else do you remove them? Plz help.

1968GMC · 04-04-2004, 05:55 PM

heres a pic

jmanz69 · 04-04-2004, 06:14 PM

I think they are bolted thru on the inside aren't they? Maybe heat it good with a torch. it might be rusted in place. I heat my stuck bolts to cherry red, then drive out with a hammer.

jmanz69 · 04-04-2004, 06:17 PM

I just looked, those are press fit. I would heat it red with a torch, then drive it out with a hammer. Other option would be to cut it off, then drill it out. Why are you taking them out? Are they bent, broken, or stripped?

1968GMC · 04-04-2004, 07:36 PM

I broke it whyl i was taking the bolt off.

jmanz69 · 04-04-2004, 08:14 PM

You can get new ones. I've seen them in the LMC catalog. I would ask the other vendors about them and see if they can find them. I would cut it off and drill out the center, then heat it up and drive it out with a punch. Be sure not to open the hole any as they are press fit. Shouldn't bee too big a problem, just a setback.

1968GMC · 04-04-2004, 10:42 PM

thanks guys i removed it . I should get new ones at my local alingment shop

71HUGGER396 · 04-04-2004, 11:27 PM

DO NOT BUY FROM LMC, THEY DO NOT FIT. The one's I got from them were to long and not enough threads on them. These are very hard steel, it would be hard to cut more threads. I too thought I would go to an alignment shop but they could not help either. Then I went to a chevy dealership and got ones. They had to order them, but it only took a couple of days. I got ones for a 1973, they were a little longer then the originals but had enough threads on them.

**Classic Heartbeat** · 04-05-2004, 02:45 AM

Those are still available through GM. I have a few in stock. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

04-04-2004, 05:51 PM	#1
1968GMC love my truck Join Date: May 2001 Location: aylmer QC Posts: 648	need help broke pin for upper control arm Ok my second hickup. I broke a pin for upper control arm. I treid to remoove it by hitting the end and it wont budge. Am I doing something wrong? How else do you remove them? Plz help.

04-04-2004, 05:55 PM	#2
1968GMC love my truck Join Date: May 2001 Location: aylmer QC Posts: 648	heres a pic Attached Images

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04-04-2004, 06:14 PM	#3
jmanz69 Careful, they attack... Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Waterford, MI, USA Posts: 1,107	I think they are bolted thru on the inside aren't they? Maybe heat it good with a torch. it might be rusted in place. I heat my stuck bolts to cherry red, then drive out with a hammer.

04-04-2004, 06:17 PM	#4
jmanz69 Careful, they attack... Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Waterford, MI, USA Posts: 1,107	I just looked, those are press fit. I would heat it red with a torch, then drive it out with a hammer. Other option would be to cut it off, then drill it out. Why are you taking them out? Are they bent, broken, or stripped?

04-04-2004, 07:36 PM	#5
1968GMC love my truck Join Date: May 2001 Location: aylmer QC Posts: 648	I broke it whyl i was taking the bolt off.

04-04-2004, 08:14 PM	#6
jmanz69 Careful, they attack... Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Waterford, MI, USA Posts: 1,107	You can get new ones. I've seen them in the LMC catalog. I would ask the other vendors about them and see if they can find them. I would cut it off and drill out the center, then heat it up and drive it out with a punch. Be sure not to open the hole any as they are press fit. Shouldn't bee too big a problem, just a setback.

04-04-2004, 10:42 PM	#7
1968GMC love my truck Join Date: May 2001 Location: aylmer QC Posts: 648	thanks guys i removed it . I should get new ones at my local alingment shop

04-04-2004, 11:27 PM	#8
71HUGGER396 Confirmed Truckaholic Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Sarver,PA 16055 Posts: 732	DO NOT BUY FROM LMC, THEY DO NOT FIT. The one's I got from them were to long and not enough threads on them. These are very hard steel, it would be hard to cut more threads. I too thought I would go to an alignment shop but they could not help either. Then I went to a chevy dealership and got ones. They had to order them, but it only took a couple of days. I got ones for a 1973, they were a little longer then the originals but had enough threads on them.



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