[Vwdiesel] Subframe

[travis gottschalk]

Did you heat it red hot then spray cold water with a spray bottle or hose. Have a vice grip right there. That did the trick many times on my old JD tractors. Have a fire extingisher just in case anything unwanted gets caught and keep the heat only on the bolt ends. Push comes to shove you might have to cut the bolt flush and then tear a hole to pull that nut out to replace it inside and then weld it back up. It happens more then you think. Good luck. 

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> Update:  I found a replacement front subframe for my 92 Jetta (remember old
> one rusted out / cracked by drivers side control arm).  Got the old subframe
> out and off the car, but not without some attrition...
> 
> The main bolt that holds the subframe to the frame twisted off on both
> sides.  I used a breaker bar on one side slowly, and it twisted off.  So I
> used an impact wrench on the other, and that still twisted off. They are
> bolts that goes through the subframe mounting arm and into the body, where
> there feels to be a nut that is held in place by some type of casing.  The
> nut is inside the body but appears to be loose - not so loose that it turns
> through, but loose enough that I can turn the remaining bolt about 1/6th of
> a turn back and forth and wiggle it.  There's about an inch of the old bolt
> sticking out of the hole - I can get a vice grip on it, but no luck getting
> it free of the nut inside the body.  By pushing on it, I just appear to be
> loosening the nut in the body within it's housing rather than loosening the
> actual bolt shaft.
> 
> I've sprayed PBblaster up into the area around the bolt remains while
> wiggling side to side;  heated it; sprayed again; but still not free.  I'm
> hesitant to crank any harder or I might free the nut in the body, or break
> off the bolt flush with the body... either of which are undesireable
> outcomes.
> 
> Advice?  Suggestions?  Anyone ever cut up this post on the body to see what
> I'm dealing with inside?
> 
> thanks guys,
> 
> Chris
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