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unbolting control arms revisited



Not long ago at all, someone asked about how to unbolt the control 
arms on his car.  There were lots of suggestions, but I didn't bother 
to take note of any, because I've always had good luck with a 17mm 
wrench held at an angle inside the subframe hole.

However, my experience with this up until now has been with California 
cars.  My 4ksq is a Colorado car, and my method is showing it's
weaknesses.

I tried the search engine, but I must be q-list archive search impaired, 
because I've never had luck find anything.  Everybody uses different 
terms to describe things (A-arms, control arms, wishbone, etc.).  I try 
to make the search broad (I searched on "how", because I thought the 
poster asked "how" to unbolt the arms) but it was unsuccessful.  It
almost 
seems like it's an incomplete search.

I did come across an post about a homemade control arm bushing
puller/pusher, 
which I took note of.

So, now I'm asking.  What were some of the methods and/or tools used to 
remove the control arms from the subframe, on a 4ksq or C-GT?

Thanks,

Ken
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