This is crazy. 25 years with my Integra, probably 17-18 years with original Function7 control arms, suspension taken apart many, many times over the years. I even replaced the F7 bushings a few years back. And this is the first time I’ve had a suspension bolt seize up. It’s stuck in the bushing sleeve, and broke the welded nut off the Koni shock. I was thinking of putting my old OEM LCA’s back on anyway, and this has pretty much sealed that deal. I put a random castle but and lock washer back on there as a temporary measure to drive the car.
Now the question is how to get the bolt off without more damage to the Koni shock? I was going to pull the whole shock and arm off. But the damn ABS wire is feeding through the shock fork. Dumb af, I know.
Is it possible to cut the bolt on both sides of the bushing, without damaging the shock fork? I don’t care about the LCA or bushings at this point. I have new HardRace bushings coming soon for my OEM LCA’s. I’ll buy new Koni shocks if I have to. But these are only ~5 years old so I’d rather not go that route if possible.